442 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 15 



Dr. L. O. Howard Addresses Louisiana Entomological Society 



Dr. L. O. Howard, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology, was the speaker at a 

 meeting of the Louisiana Entomological Society at the Natural History Building, 

 Jackson Square, New Orleans, on October 18th, 1922. 



Dr. Howard chose for his subject the idea that all entomologists are economic 

 entomologists. Formerly, especially in Europe, collectors and systematists held the 

 view that theirs is the only true science of entomology. This opinion has now 

 changed until there is danger of the economic entomologist setting himself up as the 

 only real scientist as far as entomology is concerned. As a matter of fact, all phases 

 of the science go hand in hand, and all are necessary for good economic work. The 

 value of the systematist is illustrated by the discovery this spring of a new potato 

 weevil in southern Mississippi. This was sent to the Bureau of Entomology by the 

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Secretary- Treasurer 



