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with scale insects infesting olives and Citrus fruits, an account of 

 Phylloxera work, a paper on mites as parasites of the grape (con- 

 cerning Phytoptus vitis and Tetranychus telarius). 



The only strictly economic entomologist of Chile seems to have been 

 Manuel J. Rivera (1875-1910). He became Professor in the Peda- 

 gogical Institute at Santiago in 1897, and served as Professor of 

 Natural Sciences at a normal school and then as Professor of Ento- 

 mology at the Agricultural College of Santiago. In 1906 Professor 

 Rivera visited Europe and the United States, informing himself as 

 to books,, machinery, equipment and methods, arranging for an ex- 

 change of useful insects between Chile and other countries. I had 

 the pleasure of meeting Professor Rivera in Paul Marchal's labo- 

 ratory in Paris in 1907 and of greeting him when he visited the 

 United States later in the year. He published a number of papers 

 concerning Chilean insects and several reports under the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



A very striking figure in Chilean natural history is Prof. Dr. Carlos 

 E. Porter, a man who has been publishing on scientific topics since 

 1894 and who was the founder and has been the Director of the 

 Revista Chilena de Historia Natural since 1897. He has a very 

 large bibliography and has written concerning very many insects. 

 Some of his writings have been of an economic character, but they 

 have been very varied. Many honors have come to him, and he is well 

 known all through the scientific world. Americans who have visited 

 him at Santiago speak in the highest terms of his courtesy, of his very 

 great industry, of the breadth of his knowledge. He has an enormous 

 correspondence. He is the founder of the Carlos Porter Prize of 

 the Entomological Society of France. He is apparently a very 

 remarkable man. He has been a warm supporter of the Annals of 

 Applied Zoology, and many of his articles have been published in 

 its pages. He has been untiring in his efforts to enlist the help of 

 foreign naturalists in the working up of the extraordinarily wonderful 

 flora and fauna of Chile and to bring the naturalists of the world into 

 communication with Chilean naturalists and to make the careers of 

 the latter known to fellow workers in other countries. Very many of 

 the facts in this section have been gained through correspondence 

 with Professor Porter, and I gratefully acknowledge his assistance. 



Professor Porter was Director of the Museum of Valparaiso, 1897- 

 191 1 ; Chief of the Section of Invertebrates of the National Museum, 

 1912-1923; Director of the Museum and Laboratory of Applied 

 Zoology from 1914 to date. He has also been a professor in the Naval 

 School and in the Military School and was Professor of Zoology, 



