JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



FEBRUARY, 1912 



The editors will thankfully receive news items and other matter likely to be of In- 

 terest to subscribers. Papers will be published, so far as possible, in the order of re- 

 ception. All extended contributions, at least, should be in the bands of the editor the 

 first of the month preceding publication. Reprints may be obtained at cost. Con- 

 tributors are requested to supply electrotypes for the larger illustrations so far as pos- 

 sible. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. — Eds. 



It may surprise a number of our subscribers to note that with this 

 issue the Journal appears under new auspices. The change is more 

 nominal than real. The management of our Official Organ has been 

 transferred from a voluntary, private company to the Association of 

 Economic Entomologists. The change was made solely for the pur- 

 pose of putting the publication upon a better business basis. It is 

 now backed by the entire Association. There will be no material 

 change in the general policy of the Journal. 



The recent conferences at Washington appear to have resulted in a 

 practically unanimous agreement respecting a National Quarantine 

 Bill, a problem which has been before entomologists, nurserymen and 

 fruit growers for some years. The bill, in an amended form (H. R. 

 18,000), has been introduced and we are assured that the prospects of 

 its passage are excellent. This is a matter, as all entomologists well 

 understand, of great importance to agricultural interests of the coun- 

 try. It is surprising that some such bill was not enacted years ago. 

 The East, in this respect, is decidedly behind the progressive West. 



The Association of Economic Entomologists is much larger than 

 the relatively small group of workers which assembled in earlier days. 

 Conditions eminently satisfactory then are inadequate at the present 

 time. We would call attention to the discussion at the closing session 

 relative to the desirability of holding sectional meetings and our 

 relations to affiliated organizations. Even with the strict adherence 

 to time limitations, it was necessary to abstract a number of valuable 

 papers, while the time then available was not sufficient for a full and 

 thoroughly satisfactory discussion. This latter is one of the most 

 valuable features of our gatherings and can be secured only by more 

 protracted sessions or else by a greater division of subject matter. 

 W^e have had for some years a Horticultural Inspectors' Association, 

 and last month witnessed the organization of an Apiary Inspectors' 

 Association. These represent only two of the special interests legit- 

 imately classed under Economic Entomology. We have in addition, 



