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The effect of all these enemies in checking the spiders is difficult to 

 determine. No doubt they aid considerably for each individual has a 

 good many spiders to its credit, but the individuals are not numerous 

 enough and the spiders often appear in large numbers nearly every 

 spring in some sections of the southern California citrus belt. 



President W. D Hunter: We will now listen to a paper by Dr. 

 L. 0. Howard, on "Economic Entomology at the Second International 

 Congress of Entomology." 



ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY AT THE SECOND INTERNA- 

 TIONAL CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY 



By Dr. L. O. Howard 

 (Abstract) 



The speaker called attention to the fact that it is only a few years 

 since workers in economic entomology were rather looked down upon 

 by systematists; especially, was this feeling indicated during his 

 visits to the great museums of Europe ten years or more ago. There 

 has, however, been a decided change in this attitude on the part of 

 entomologists of Europe and of other portions of the world; and he 

 spoke of the recent Congress at Oxford as exhibiting in a very recent 

 and concrete shape the radical difference in sentiment which exists 

 today as compared with that of ten years ago. While the program 

 of the section on economic entomology was not especially strong, yet 

 the sessions of that section were attended by larger numbers than 

 those of any other section, and this attendance comprised not only 

 the general pubhc but very many workers in the aspe'cts of pure science. 

 The hall was filled at almost every session. 



The speaker said that this increase in interest and this change in 

 the attitude of other workers are natural enough on account of the 

 remarkable discoveries which have been made during the past ten 

 years and the vital interest which attaches to many of the recent 

 discoveries in economic entomology, but he felt sure that the main 

 reason for the change had been the absolutely sound scientific work 

 which has been done by economic workers, and he placed the influence 

 of the Association of Economic Entomologists at the head of the 

 controlling influences. The change has been largely due to the work 

 of this association and to the sound papers which have been published 

 by its members. 



President W. D Hunter: This paper is before the Association 

 for discussion. I believe that the reason for the absence of discussion 



