JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



DECEMBER, 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 last few years have witnessed an earnest effort on the part of 

 the officers of the association to make the most of our annual gather- 

 ings. The classification of the papers and the resultant partial lim- 

 itation of the proceedings in any one session to the presentation of 

 allied subjects, has been of great service in avoiding useless duplication 

 in discussion and has tended toward a more comprehensive treatment 

 of the problems under consideration. The recent introduction of 

 symposial discussions was a most commendable step. A later idea, a 

 tabulation of projects now in progress and the publication of that 

 data early so each member may know of the undertakings of his 

 associates, depends for efficiency upon general cooperation. Last 

 year the report was prepared too late for publication in the December 

 issue. This number, with the report of the committee, should reach 

 most of our members several weeks before the meeting. There will 

 then be an excellent opportunity to fully test this method of stimu- 

 lating cooperation. 



The government work has made Washington a most important 

 scientific center and, as a consequence, the coming meeting will be 

 one of our largest gatherings. We take part there in the proceedings 

 of an assemblage representing the foremost exponents of economic 

 entomology, not only in this country but abroad. Owing to the large 

 number of active workers, rigid restrictions are necessary in the time 

 allotted individual papers. It is perhaps unnecessary to add that 

 there are too many new or unsettled problems to warrant the spending 

 of much time on matters already well understood. There are on the 

 program each year, an increasing number of technical papers which can 

 be discussed intelligently by comparatively few. These conditions 

 make timely the suggestion that authors arrange for one or more to 

 open the discussion. It is easy to provide the party undertaking this, 

 with a copy of the paper in advance. The resulting suggestions or 

 criticisms will be immensely more valuable than the more or less 

 impromptu discussions which have largely obtained in the past. 



