JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



AUGUST, 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. 



It is desirable at this time to once more call the attention of our 

 readers to the fact that most of the matter for the October and De- 

 cember issues should come from working entomologists, not only in 

 this country but also abroad. Our pages are open to all thoughtful 

 contributions along economic lines. Our readers are deeply inter- 

 ested in special problems such as those presented by the gypsy moth 

 work in Massachusetts, and particularly in that phase of the work 

 relating to the introduction of beneficial parasites. New and improved 

 methods are likewise of great importance, and the peculiar conditions 

 governing entomological investigations in various portions of this 

 country and even in foreign countries, are of great interest. 



We wish to call the attention of our readers to the desirability of 

 making public short notes of general scientific interest. There must 

 be in the office files of most official entomologists throughout the coun- 

 try, items of this character. They are inaccessible at present and, 

 under ordinary conditions, must remain so unless made public through 

 some such medium as the Journal. A large number of such records, 

 even though each relate to an apparently minor fact, would be of 

 inestimable value and would do much toward making this publication 

 indispensable to working entomologists. We all know, from previous 

 experience, how extremely valuable the seven volumes of Insect Life 

 have been, and in not a few instances much of this is due to the abun- 

 dance of comparatively insignificant notes. One record calls to mind 

 another and it is our expectation that the Journal will eventually be- 

 come a storehouse for an extremely large number of facts covering 

 every aspect of applied or economic entomology. The department of 

 scientific notes should be a strong one in the October and December 

 issues at least. 



The program of the last few meetings of the Association of Eco- 



