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insects. Dr. F. G. Ramboiisek ^ is the head of the Pest Laboratories 

 of the Sugar Beet Hygiene Organization ; and in the Phytopatho- 

 logical Laboratory in the city of Prague four good men are at work, 

 namely E. Baudys, F. Stranek, C. Blattny, and J. Rozsypal. All four 

 have done good work. I remember especially Baudys' report on the 

 insects of Czechoslovakia in 1920. 



There is an excellent Department of Entomology in the large 

 museum at Prague, and there men are working on the taxonomy of 

 several groups of economic interest. Dr. J. Obenberger, for example, 

 the Curator of the Entomological Department, works with the Bupres- 

 tidae of the whole world. Doctor Rambousek, above mentioned, is 

 working on the Staphylinidae of the world. Another excellent coleop- 

 terist is Ant. Fleischer. Karl Sulc is working on the Coccidae, and 

 J. Zavrel is doing admirable work on the biology of the small Diptera 

 of the families Culicidae and Chironomidae. 



Eight volumes have appeared of a periodical published by the phy- 

 topathological stations, entitled Ochranarostlin (Plant Protection), 

 which contains contributions on economic entomology ; and reports 

 and bulletins of the agricultural experiment stations also contain 

 contributions from economic entomologists. 



I am also informed that many entomological papers are published 

 for the use of schools, farmers, foresters and gardeners, and that 

 many of the scientific workers in Czechoslovakia publish their contri- 

 butions in foreign periodicals. 



In August, 1925, Dr. Stepan Soudek, of the Agricultural College 

 at Brno, came to the United States under the terms of a traveling 

 fellowship of the International Education Board. He remained in 

 this country for a year, spending the college year at Cornell University 

 and later visiting field stations of the Federal Bureau of Entomology 

 and State agricultural experiment stations. Doctor Soudek was at 

 that time a very enthusiastic and very intelligent young man, sobered 

 and aged beyond his actual years by six years' service in the army 

 during and after the World War. He returned to Brno full of 

 enthusiasm for the United States and with a thorough acquaintance 

 with the methods and achievements of the applied entomologists of 

 this country. 



In August, 1927, I had the opportunity of visiting Czechoslavia. 

 Doctor Soudek was commissioned by his Government to meet me in 

 Prague and to accompany me during the period of my stay. We were 



^ In 1928 the Ministry of Agriculture published a large volume by Doctor 

 Rambousek on .Agricultural Zoology. It covers 400 pages (of which 250 relate 

 to insects) and carries 271 illustrations. 



