WHOLE VOL. APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY HOWARD 4I I 



The far-sighted and hberal poHcy of the Sugar Planters' Associa- 

 tion must be accredited to the organization as a whole, but I have a 

 conviction that Mr. Walter M. Giffard, for many years the Secretary 

 of the Association, was the prime mover and the impelling force of 

 the policy established at such an early date. I believe that Mr. Gif- 

 fard's interest in entomology was first aroused by R. C. L. Perkins. 

 He became deeply interested in the whole subject and has done taxo- 

 nomic work of value in the leaf-hopper family. 



With conditions so unusual and so favorable to entomological 

 study, and with a group of men so exceptionally fitted and working 

 in a climate that is one of the most agreeable in the world, it is not 

 surprising that admirable work has been done. An Entomological 

 Society of Hawaii was founded in 1905 and it has published its pro- 

 ceedings which in many ways are the most interesting records of any 

 entomological society in the world. 



I visited Honolulu in 1915, largely for the purpose of looking into 

 the conditions resulting from the importation of parasites of the 

 sugar cane leaf-hopper and of the sugar cane borer. The results 

 reported had seemed so delightfully perfect that I wished to study 

 the situation. My observations confirmed everything that had been 

 written about the work, and it is no wonder that the Hawaiian people 

 rely very greatly upon imported beneficial insects. 



In 1924 I revisited the islands, as Chairman of the First Pan- 

 Pacific Conservation Congress. Entomologists from difi'erent coun- 

 tries bordering on the Pacific were present, and there were very 

 interesting sessions of that particular section. The Congress as a 

 whole considered very many matters, and there were present leaders 

 in agriculture in all of its departments, representing many countries. 

 The Congress in general passed many important resolutions, one of 

 them relating to the necessity of establishing crop pest investigations 

 in all Pacific countries and the organization of a central bureau to 

 correlate results. 



The conference of 1924 was largely attended, as I have said. It 

 was in session for nearly three weeks, and there was a public luncheon 

 or dinner, or both, almost every day. Honolulu is a very cosmopohtan 

 town, and the national groups took turns in entertaining the Congress. 

 It soon appeared that Sir Joseph Carruthers, a prominent delegate 

 from Australia, was a very happy after-dinner speaker. He had a 

 keen sense of humor, and, since I was the chairman of the conference, 

 the two of us were asked to speak after almost every function. We, 

 naturally, exchanged humorous compliments and gave each other 

 mild digs. 



