JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



DECEMBER, 1917 



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There is need of a new term to characterize the present day eco- 

 nomic entomologist and at the same time give the pubhc a more 

 adequate idea of what economic entomology really is. It is well 

 known that entomology relates to insect life and the man on the street 

 is possibly willing to concede that a practical or economic entomologist 

 gives more attention to destructive pests without admitting that the 

 work of the latter really amounts to much. It is too often taken for 

 granted that entomology means a frivolous mania for collecting speci- 

 mens or a devotion to the more abstract phases of the science that can 

 be satisfied with nothing less than tabulating the number and variety 

 of hairs or scales upon an insect's legs. Both are interesting and have 

 their place, though there is little in common between such pursuits 

 and some of the larger problems of applied entomology now being 

 prosecuted in various parts of the country or demanding the attention 

 of full-sized men. 



Some years ago one of our colleagues became obsessed with the idea 

 that it was practical to rid a state of mosquitos. He did not live to 

 see the full realization of his hopes. His faith has been amply justified 

 by subsequent developments. It was something more than the world 

 recognizes as practical or economic entomology. A small weevil 

 invaded the cotton fields of the South, causing great losses and threat- 

 ening grave disaster. Field investigations in the very forefront of the 

 invasion changed extensive losses to efficient control and in working 

 out the larger aspects of this problem, we have much not ordinarily 



