ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



PHILADELPHIA, PA., MARCH, 1922. 



Those Incomplete Titles Again. 



Several times in recent years we have had occasion to call 

 attention to the derelictions of authors and editors in the mat- 

 ter of incomplete titles of papers. An editorial under this 

 caption appeared in the NEWS for June, 1915, page 280. In 

 a set of "New Year's Resolutions for the Entomologist," in 

 our issue for January, 1920, page 22, was one reading: 



6. Add the names of the Order and the Family, to which the insectb 

 treated belong, to the title of your paper. 



It seems hardly necessary to point out again the reasons 

 for this addition. 



We lately had to sort out some publications of the Federal 

 Department of Agriculture for definite purposes and to group 

 them by orders and families. Here are some of the snags we 

 struck : 



Wade & Boving. Biology of Embaphion muricatum. 1921. 

 Beyer. Garden Flea Hopper in Alfalfa and its Control. 1921. 

 Snyder. Injury to Casuarina trees in Southern Florida by the Man- 

 grove Borer. 1919. 



Brooks. Spotted Apple-tree Borer. 1920. 



Hofer. The Aspen Borer and How to Control it. 1920. 



The list could be extended easily. In all of these cases it 

 was necessary to hunt through the text to learn the family and 

 order. A professional economic entomologist would probably 

 not have had our difficulty, but presumably the publications in 

 question are not intended for his use alone, and even the term 

 "I'.orer" is, we observe, not co-extensive with the name of 

 any one order. The Federal Government should set us a 

 better example and help us to conserve our time as well as our 

 foods. 



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