20 president's address. 



at Narara. We have a fine, named, entomological collection 

 for working purposes, particularly rich in Coccidae, Hemip- 

 tera, Diptera, and Parasitic Hymenoptera. The staff consists 

 of the Assistant Entomologist, Mr. W. B. Gurney, Assistant 

 McCarthy, and a cadet ; while we have the services of an 

 artist in the Government Printing Office. 



In Queensland, Mr. Henry Tryon, who, while Entomolo- 

 gist in the Brisbane Museum, had issued his first important 

 contribution to the study of economic entomology in 1889, 

 "Report on Insect and Fungus Pests" (Brisbane, 1889), was 

 appointed to the Department of Agriculture in 1895, and has 

 ever since carried on the duties of entomologist and plant- 

 pathologist. He has now an assistant, Mr. E. Jarvis, who 

 has charge of the collections. Most of Tryon's papers and 

 reports have appeared in the official Journal, or in the Annual 

 Reports of the Department. During the last few months, 

 Mr. A. A. Girault, an American entomologist, has been 

 appointed by the Queensland Government as a special inves- 

 tigator to deal with the beetle and other pests of the sugar- 

 cane. 



Though South Australia has had a progressive Department 

 of Agriculture for a good many years, there has never been 

 an economic entomologist on the staff ; but they have been 

 very fortunate in having, in Mr. George Quinn, Chief Horti- 

 cultural Inspector, a gentleman with a good working know- 

 ledge of insect-pects, and in the more practical way of advis- 

 ing people how to deal with them. Mr. J. G. O. Tepper, 

 entomologist to the Adelaide Museum, has always been a 

 consulting entomologist in reference to the identification o\ 

 insect-pests 



In 1896, Mr. Arthur M. Lea was appointed Entomologist 

 to the Bureau of Agriculture at Perth, West Australia : he 

 had previously been an assistant in the Entomological Branch 

 in New South Wales, under Mr. Olliff. After holding office 

 for several years, he accepted the position of Entomologist to 

 the Bureau of Agricultiire at Hobart, Tasmania, where he 



