JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



FEBRUARY, 1908 



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 of contributions may be obtained 

 at cost. Minor line figures will be reproduced without charge, but the engraving of larger 

 illustrations must be borne by contributors or the electrotypes supplied. The receipt 

 of all papers will be acknowledged. — Eds. 



The Journal, as the official organ of the Association of Economic 

 Entomologists, will publish the proceedings of the annual meeting 

 in the first two numbers. This matter alone will make the serial indis- 

 pensable to every working entomologist and of great value to horti- 

 culturists, nurserymen, nursery inspectors and all others interested 

 in the latest entomological developments along agricultural lines. 

 Furthermore, it is expected to publish, in the later numbers, a large 

 amount of original matter which would ordinarily be excluded from 

 entomological bulletins, reports, systematic journals or other existing 

 publications, as well as summaries of much of the best economic work. 

 It will be by far the most comprehensive of existing publications 

 along these lines and should appeal to a wide constituency. It is 

 only necessary to mention such pests as the codling moth, the San 

 Jose scale and urgent problems like the control of the boll weevil, 

 the gypsy and brown-tail moths, the cattle tick and the recent discov- 

 eries respecting the role of insects in the dissemination of diseases, 

 such as malaria, yellow fever, typhoid and other maladies dangerous 

 to man and beast, to gain some idea of its scope. It is hoped that 

 all of our three hundred economic entomologists at least will con- 

 tribute freely of their best to these pages, that this journal may take 

 a high position as a scientific publication, representing the most 

 advanced thought in its chosen field, not only in this country but 

 throughout the world. 



The Journal is designed especially to serve the investigating ento- 

 mologist, and all matter relating to new insect pests, variations in 

 habit, method and form of injury, manner of control and biological 

 observations (even on forms not of economic importance), will be 

 heartily welcomed to these pages. Practical considerations render it 

 necessary to debar articles having a preponderance of purely descrip- 

 tive or systematic matter. This is hardly the place to publish orig- 

 inal descriptions, though it is recognized that a certain amount of 



