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ject by Dr. J. T. Stewart. She afterwards published seven important 

 articles. The one by which she is probably best remembered is her 

 " Biological and Other Notes on Pseudococcus aceris," in the North 

 American Entomologist for 1880. Later she went to Europe to study, 

 married there a Mr. Pigeon, and I believe is now living in Boston. 



In 1878 James Fletcher began to write, but we have considered 

 him, under the head of Canada, in another place. In 1879 J. H. 

 Comstock published his first paper, although he had been teaching 

 entomology for five years. In that year also my own first paper of 

 record was published, although I had previously written a few news- 

 paper articles. 



In 1878 also appeared the first paper of record, of which the 

 date can be ascertained, that was written by Herbert Osborn ; but 

 the Bibliography of Economic Entomology includes four titles writ- 

 ten by him and published in the Iowa Homestead, the dates of pub- 

 lication not being mentioned. The entrance of Professor Osborn into 

 the publishing field at this time is very well worth mention, because 

 he became one of the most keen investigators and prolific writers 

 in the field of economic entomology. He later became Professor of 

 Entomology in the Iowa State College and Entomologist of the State 

 Experiment Station ; still later, State Entomologist ; and in 1898 

 became Professor of Zoology and Entomology in the Ohio State 

 University, in 1916 becoming Research Professor. In addition to his 

 other admirable work, Professor Osborn will always be remembered 

 as one of the great inspiring teachers of entomology in the United 

 States who trained very many of the men now prominent in active 

 work. 



Some of the early magazines contained articles on insects. Har- 

 per's Monthly Magazine, for example, from 1856 to 1862 contained 

 occasional articles on insects, most of them by Charlotte Taylor. In 

 Volumes 13 and 18 there were articles on insects and insect life, and 

 also on flies, but the names of the authors were not given. They seem 

 to have been written by some amateur microscopist and were rather 

 well done, although, of course, the drawings were very inaccurate and 

 misleading. Miss Taylor's articles were very well written. The 

 literary style was good and she knew her subject fairly well. The 

 illustrations, however, were extremely amateurish and the nomen- 

 clature makes it difficult to recognize some of the species. Three of 

 these articles, namely those entitled " Insects Destructive to Wheat," 

 " Insects Belonging to the Cotton Plant," and " Insects Destructive 

 of Maize," are distinctly economic in their character although of little 



