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In addition, early in 1907, he published a large volume entitled 

 "Australian Insects " which covers 449 pages and carries 37 plates 

 and 180 text figures. 



In 1907 he took his trip around the world that has already been 

 referred to. 



In later years New South Wales has continued to be very active. 

 Mr. Froggatt held office until 192S. After his return from his circum- 

 navigation tour, he continued his activities and published many articles 

 in the Gazette and elsewhere. In June, 1928, he was given a farewell 

 dinner by his colleagues in Sydney. I believe that he now has a post 

 in the Forest Department. 



Mr. Froggatt was succeeded by Mr. W. B. Gurney who had been 

 Assistant. Mr, Gurney began to write as early as 1912, and the first 

 article of his that I have seen was on the subject of fruit-flies and 

 other insects attacking cultivated and wild fruits in New South Wales. 

 He continued to publish articles in the ensuing volumes. He was 

 present at the Fourth International Congress of Entomology at 

 Ithaca, New York, in 1928 as an official delegate from Australia. 



Mr. John L. Froggatt, son of Mr. W. W. Froggatt, was at one 

 time an Assistant Entomologist in New South Wales, and his name 

 appears as coauthor with his father of two articles in the Gazette 

 for 1914. As appears elsewhere, he is now Assistant Entomologist 

 in Queensland. 



The October (19(29) number of the Agricultural Gazette of New 

 South Wales has an excellent article called " Preliminary Experi- 

 ments in Cabbage Moth Control," by W. L. Morgan, " Assistant 

 Entomologist " which shows that Mr. Gurney is by no means working 

 single-handed. 



Western Australia. — Western Australia, naturally, as one of the 

 newer colonies, was somewhat behind the others in beginning work 

 with entomology. However, the Bureau of Agriculture of the colony 

 began publishing a journal in 1894 in which the passage of an insect 

 pests act was advocated in the first volume, which also published 

 different notes upon insects, quoted from other publications. The 

 second volume of this journal contained a number of articles on 

 insects, some of them by Arthur M. Lea, who signed as Entomologist 

 of the Bureau. 



I am not sure how long Mr. Lea kept this post. He afterwards 

 went to New South Wales and became connected with the Australian 

 Museum. 



In the Journal for 1902 was published a letter from George Com- 

 pere, of California, relating to his search for parasites. He had been 



