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as did all the Japanese scientific men whom he met, to the extent of 

 his ability. Professor Kuwana's long residence in California and his 

 admirable English, of course, made him of great assistance/ 



Again in 1908 Prof. Trevor Kincaid was sent to Japan to study 

 the parasites of the gipsy moth and the brown-tail moth. While 

 his expenses were paid by the State of Massachusetts, he traveled as 

 an authorized representative of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. Both ofificially and personally, he was received with 

 extreme courtesy and hospitality. His work was facilitated in every 

 possible way. The Department of Agriculture of the Japanese Gov- 

 ernment" authorized Professor Kuwana to assist in the work, and after 

 Professor Kincaid returned to the United States shipments of the 

 parasites were continued by Kuwana for a long time and without 

 expense to the United States, 



Then Japanese entomologists began to come to America more 

 numerously — some to study at the different universities ; others, al- 

 ready well trained, to look into the different aspects of applied ento- 

 mology as practiced in this country. One of the early arrivals was 

 T. Shiraki, from Formosa, who arrived in 1909; and from that time 

 on there have been one or two almost every year to visit Washington 

 and some of the other entomological points of interest in the United 

 States. A list of those who happened to register in my ofifice is 

 appended. 



T. Shiraki, 1909, Formosa. 



C. Sasaki, November 29, 1910, Zool. and Ent., Imp. Univ., Tokyo. 

 J. Omori, December i, 1911, Zool. and Ent., Imp. Coll. Agr., Morioka. 

 T. Ito, February 18, 1914, Chief, Plant Industry, Dept. Agr. and Commerce, 



Tokyo. 

 G. Okajima, April 19, 1916, Prof. Ent., Kagoshima. 

 M. Oshima, August 12, 1918, Zool., Govt. Inst, of .Science, Formosa. 

 M, Miyijima, August 13, 1919, Kitasato Inst. 

 S. I. Kuvi^ana, September 20, 1919, Dir., Plant Quarantine Sta. ; Ent., Imp. 



Agr. Ex. Sta., Tokyo. 

 S. Matsumura, December 13, 1920, Imp. Univ., Hokkaido. 

 M. Koidzumi, May 18, 1921, Inst, of Sci., Formosa. 

 N. Ishimori, April 8, 1922, Asst., Imp. Univ., Tokyo. 

 C. Harukawa, May 12, 1922, Ohara Inst., Kurashiki, Okayama. 



' Doctor Marlatt writes me under date of January 14, 1929, " I recall vividly 

 the courtesies which were received from entomologists in all the principal 

 sections of Japan which I have visited. It would be almost invidious to mention 

 by name, but I have a very particular souvenir of the courtesies and very friendly 

 personal interest and aid which was given me by those fine old Japanese pro- 

 fessors. Doctors Mitsukuri and Watase. The former gave me particularly an 

 insight into Japanese thought and courtesy which will always be a pleasure 

 to me to recall." 



