JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



FEBRUARY, 1911 



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 Minnesota meeting was a most successful one, and, like others 

 in recent years, characterized bj^ a crowded program. It is physi- 

 cally impossible to listen to all chat might be said, even if the latter 

 were limited to the investigations of any one year. The law of supply 

 and demand applies here as elsewhere. Papers discussing some new 

 principle of wide general interest, or placing on record the results of 

 protracted investigations, are always listened to with great interest 

 and no one begrudges spending the time necessary to a clear under- 

 standing of the problem. Another class of papers of general interest 

 are those dealing with methods, illustrated at the recent meeting by 

 the symposiums on teaching and spraying, both matters of vital impor- 

 tance and each capable of being discussed in a brief though compre- 

 hensive manner. Another very desirable class of papers adds to our 

 knowledge of the biology, local or otherwise, of various insects, prefer- 

 ably injurious forms. The essentials in these latter can usually be 

 condensed into papers of moderate length, the details being pub- 

 lished in the Journal or other serials. We agree most heartily with 

 the secretary in holding that our gatherings should be democratic, 

 every man enjoying equal privileges. The period which can be devoted 

 to scientific meetings is necessarily limited, and with such a large pro- 

 portion of our membership actively interested in the work of allied 

 societies, it is almost impractical to think of extending our sessions to 

 three days. Fortunately, the standing of an entomologist is not pro- 

 portional to the time he occupies on the program, or the promise of a 

 younger man indicated by the length of the paper he submits for con- 

 sideration. Regrettable though it may be, all should recognize our 

 time limitations, and, so far as possible, prepare papers which will 

 give, within small compass, a comprehensive discussion of the problem. 

 The general adoption of this plan, supplemented by our present 

 improved facilities for publishing the details, should go far toward 

 relieving the crowded condition of the program and allow opportunity 



