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Mr. Quaintance then read his address as retiring President as 

 follows : 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. 



REMARKS ON SOME OF THE INJURIOUS INSECTS OF OTHER 



COUNTRIES. 



BY A. L. QUAINTANCE. 



Our knowledge of the injurious insects of the world at large 

 with the exception of Europe and one or two other regions, is, 

 on the whole, quite meagre. During the past decade or so, it is 

 true there has been a notable increase in the attention given by 

 governments to the subject of economic entomology in their respec- 

 tive territories, and numerous publications are now appearing, 

 dealing with the insects noxious to crops, forests, domestic animals, 

 etc. and especially to man himself. The importance of such work 

 in general has been perhaps the more quickly appreciated in view 

 of the numerous brilliant discoveries in the field of medical ento- 

 mology, which from the start have been of the greatest practical 

 value. The economic investigations along various lines, now well 

 under way, or but recently begun in many lands, will in due time 

 make known the more noxious species with which the people of 

 other -countries have to deal. 



The extent to which work of this kind has been undertaken may 

 be judged by citing some of the countries where economic work 

 has been or is now in progress, as Japan, Java, Straits Settlements, 

 Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Natal, British East 

 Africa, India, Ceylon, Egypt, Turkestan, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, 

 Uruguay, Peru, British Guiana, the West Indies, Mexico, etc. 



In view of our constantly increasing commerce with other 

 nations, knowledge of their insect pests is of prime importance, as 

 enabling us to better guard against their introduction. Aside 

 from practical considerations, however, much scientific interest 

 attaches to the biologic and other features of economic investiga- 

 tions in other countries, which contain much of inspiration and 

 suggestions for us. The writer personally has felt the need of a 

 greater familiarity with the destructive insects, occupying the 

 attention of entomologists abroad; and in the belief that this 

 feeling may be shared, to some extent, by members of this society, 

 he has brought together for your consideration tonight condensed 

 remarks on some of the insects which attack crops outside of North 

 America. 



Without doubt reference will be made to insects which really do 

 not merit mention on account of their economic importance, and 



