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dential address before the Association of Economic Entomologists 

 (August, 1894). In this address a general review of the work 

 being done in various foreign countries is given, and changes and 

 innovations are of such rare occurrence that this account is still 

 correct in essential details. As an account of personal experi 

 ences, it seemed advisable to adopt the narrative style, and the 

 countries, cities, individuals, and institutions are discussed in the 

 regular sequence of travel, and often in a very general and frag 

 mentary way. 



At the end is given a brief summary of the impressions, from 

 the point of view of the economic entomologist, but, in general, 

 the reader is left to draw his own conclusions from the presenta 

 tion of facts made. 



Very little time was devoted to England, and the few days that 

 were spent there were given to the city of London. The Secre 

 tary of the Board of Agriculture was visited, and the subject of 

 economic entomology as carried on by the government of Great 

 Britain was freely discussed. The condition of affairs at the 

 present time is the same as described by Doctor Howard in the 

 article already cited, and the work can hardly, in any sense, be 

 compared with that which is being done in this country. The 

 Board of Agriculture, as at present constituted, is itself of rather 

 recent origin (1889), and there is no arrangement for continuous 

 entomological investigation. Mr. Charles Whitehead, who comes 

 nearest to being the official entomologist of Great Britain, is styled 

 the " technical adviser " of the Board on this subject, and receives 

 a retaining fee merely of some 200 pounds. He is a man of wealth, 

 whose hobby is agriculture, and he has been able to do a great 

 deal of good in disseminating knowledge of habits of, and the 

 remedies for, injurious insects in connection with this Board. No 

 research work whatever is done by the Board of Agriculture in 

 entomology. Most of the inquiries which come into the office 

 are answered by circulars prepared by Mr. Whitehead or others, 

 and if any new insect pest of importance arises which is not cov 

 ered by circulars in hand, it is sent to Mr. Whitehead, and his 

 report is printed as a leaflet. There is a great deal of work done 

 in the way of correspondence, the letters averaging frequently 30 

 a day, and during seasons of special insect prevalence as many as 

 400 letters are sometimes received in a single day. The writer 



