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ings of the National Museum, he was author of a book on " Economic 

 Entomology" which has had a wide circulation and has been of great 

 service in the education of entomological workers, and of a book 

 entitled "Insect Friends and Foes," intended for popular reading and 

 which must have had an extended influence in distributing informa- 

 tion concerning insect life. His Glossary of Entomology is another 

 important work. Doctor Smith was editor of Entomologica Ajnericana 

 from 1882 to 1890 and in 1891 was awarded the honorary degree of 

 Doctor of Science by Rutgers College. He was always generous with 

 both his time and his material, in assisting anyone interested in 

 entomological work. No small part of his service to entomological 

 science may be found in the numerous collections which he has identi- 

 fied for various students, and the specimens freely loaned for investi- 

 gation in other hands. 



Herbert Osborn. 



Reviews 



RECENT MEXICAN PUBLICATIONS ON ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



During the existence of the Comision de Parasitologia Agricola,. 

 under the direction of Prof. A. L. Herrera, the Mexican Government 

 published a number of bulletins and circulars on entomological sub- 

 jects. The series came to an end in 1908 on account of the discon- 

 tinuance of the Comision by administrative action. Recently, how- 

 ever, publications on economic entomology have been resumed in 

 Mexico. They appear as bulletins or circulars of the Estacion Agricola 

 Central and its various branches. The writers in several cases are 

 entomologists who were formerly associated with Professor Herrera. 



These commendable publications are intended largely to popularize 

 entomology in Mexico but are of interest to entomologists in the 

 United States for several reasons. They deal in some instances with 

 pests which are more or less likely to be introduced in the United 

 States in the future, and with methods of control of species which 

 occur in the United States, the Mexican remedies for which must be 

 different on account of the utterly different conditions prevailing in 

 that country. The recent works are of several classes such as the 

 treatment, in monographic form, of the pests of some particular crop, 

 reports on special trips of investigationa and leaflets designed primarily 

 to popularize the subject of entomology in Mexico. 



■Much of the work being done is of a pioneer nature and many of 

 the publications consequently are similar to those issued by the experi- 

 ment stations in this country soon after their establishment. It is 



