JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



AUGUST, 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 hands 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. 



The economic entomologist certainly deserves all the credit he 

 receives, since altogether too frequently enthusiasts in this branch 

 of natural science are called upon to serve at a rediculously low com- 

 pensation, considering the requirements of the position. Personal 

 notes, records of achievements and summaries of the life work of our 

 associates are valuable stimuli to professional workers and frequently 

 give the layman a glimpse of conditions as they exist. We print in 

 this issue a series of memorial resolutions, feeling that the party richly 

 deserves all of the honor conveyed or implied thereby, and yet we are 

 of the opinion that in most cases an obituary notice with its summary 

 of the life work, is of more interest to readers and will prove of greater 

 historical value. 



The economic entomologist is not primarily a systematist, yet he is 

 occasionally compelled by exigencies to undertake taxonomic work 

 and not infrequently encounters perplexing questions in nomencla- 

 ture. The Entomological Code, recently compiled by Messrs. Banks 

 and Caudell, promises to be of much service in affording a basis at 

 least, for the settlement of troublesome problems. It is extremely 

 unlikely, as the authors point out, that all the provisions will be satis- 

 factory to any worker, yet it is an important step toward unifying 

 procedure, and we trust that all entomologists will interpret the pro- 

 visions of the Code in a comprehensive manner and with due regard 

 to the welfare of Science as a whole. The authors, in undertaking 

 this task, mostly thankless we fear, have laid their fellow workers 

 under a burden of debt, an obligation which will become more evident 

 with the progress of time. 



This issue, following the example of some popular magazines, might 

 be denominated our western number, since it contains the Proceedings 

 of the Pacific Slope Association of Economic Entomologists with its 

 valuable contributions from entomologists in that section of the 

 country. All such matter is gladly published. It is not our intention 



