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scientific readers, was greatly enhanced by the remarkable series of illustrations which 

 were drawn by the author and engraved upon wood by the most skilful wood engravers 

 of that time. Aside from a few of the illustrations to the Flint edition of Harris, they 

 are the best woodcuts ever made of insects in this country, and as a whole the drawing 

 far excels that of the Harris illustrations in its lifelike accuracy, artistic beauty, and 

 closeness of detail. Prof. Riley abandoned his Missouri work on taking up the director- 

 ship of the XJ. S. Entomological Commission, and in pursuance of a shortsighted policy 

 Missoiu'i has never since liad a State entcmologist. 



Other States and the Hatch State Agricultural Experiment Stations. 

 Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, and Missouri are the only States which may be said 

 to have supported official economic entomologists. There are letters on file in the 

 Division, dated in 1880, from Mr. J. T. Humphrays, who announces himself in his letter 

 head as " Late naturalist and entomologist to the Georgia Department of Agriculture ;" 

 but although I have made something of an effort to learn the details of Mr. Humphreys's 

 employment, I have so far been unsuccessful. The State of Pennsylvania has for some 

 years handled its economic entomology by means of an officer who holds an honorary 

 commission from the State Board of Agriculture. This commission was held for some 

 years prior to his deatii by Dr. S. S. Rath von. At the present time Dr. Henry Skinner, 

 of Philadelphia, and Dr. R. C. Scheldt, of Lancaster, are entomologists to the State Board. 



In the spring of 1888, the State Agricultural Experiment Stations, founded under 

 the Hatch Act, were organized. A number of entomologists were soon appointed and 

 active work began practically in the month of February. This movement, the importance 

 of which to American economic entomology can hardly be overestimated, is too recent to 

 require full treatment here. 



The first entomological bulletin published by any of the experiment stations was 

 issued in April, 1888, from the Arkansas station by Mr. S. H. Grossman, and was entitled 

 The Peach tree Borer and the Codling Moth. Bulletins from Hulst, in New Jei-sey ; 

 Morse, in California ; Tracy, in Mississippi ; Ashmead, in Florida, and Weed, in Ohio, 

 followed in May. Popenoe in Kansas, and Perkins in Vermont, published one each in 

 June, and Fernald, in Massachusetts, aod Lugger, in Minnesota, one each in July. 



Through the kindness of Mr. A. C. True, director of the Office of Experiment 

 Stations of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, I am in possession of a bibliographical 

 list of the entomological publications of the agricultural experiment stations down to the 

 present month. This was drawn up by Mr. F. C. T-st, of Mr. True's office, and will be 

 published as an appendix to this address. An an^i'ysis of its contents shows that 42 

 States and Territories have employed persons to do entomoloigical work, and that the 

 number of experiment station workers who have published entomological bulletins or 

 reports reaches 77. Not half of these writers, however, have been officially designated as 

 entomologists to the station. Of those so designated there are 28 ; 8 have held the title 

 botanist and entomologist ; 6, consulting entomologist ; 4, assistant entomologist ; 4, 

 horticulturist and entomologist ; 1, special entomologist ; 1, entomologist and physiologist ; 



2, entomologist and zoologist ; 1, entomologist and superintendent of farms ; 1, director, 

 entomologist, and botanist ; 1, vice-director, horticulturist, entomologist, and mycologist ; 

 I, special agent; 1, apiarist; 2, biologist. The other writers bear titles which indicate 

 that they are not specialists in entomology. They are as follows : Agriculturist, 1 ; 

 assistant agriculturist, 1 ; horticulturist and agriculturist, 1 ; horticulturist, 3 ; assistant 

 horticulturist, 1 ; botanist and mycologist, 1 ; director, 2 ; botanist, 2 ; superintendent of 

 grounds, 1 ; pomologist, 1 ; specialist, 1 ; veterinarian, 1 ; clerk and librarian, 1. 



The entomological publications of these experiment stations have numbered 311, of 

 which 88 have been annual reports, 213 bulletins, and 10 leaflets and circulars. In 

 character the bulletins and such reports as have definite titles may be thrown into three 

 categories : 1, those which treat only of insecticides and insecticide machinery, 40 ; 2, 

 those which contain compiled accounts of insects, with measures for their destruction, 60 ; 



3, those which contain the results of more or less sound original observation, with com- 

 piled matter and matter upon remedies 117. There are also two small classes: 1, 

 apiculture, 6 ; and 2, classificatory, 4. 



