JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



DECEMBER, 1916 



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Every working scientist appreciates the value of a comprehensive 

 bibhography or index along his special lines. Entomologists have 

 been admirably served in this respect, up to recent years, by the Bibli- 

 ography of American , Economic Entomology — a series of publications 

 covering the period to the end of 1904. The decade following has 

 been provided for by the as yet unpublished Index of American Eco- 

 nomic Entomology , a work which will not appear till at least two years 

 have elapsed subsequent to the period covered. Such a work is val- 

 uable in proportion to its completeness and timeliness. It is unfor- 

 tunate that it could not have been published earlier. The Index will 

 doubtless be published soon and unless the matter receives due atten- 

 tion, we may have a similar experience in relation to an Index cover- 

 ing the next five- or ten-year period — two years of which have prac- 

 tically elapsed. The work is too useful to be dropped and it should 

 be so complete and comprehensive as to make unnecessary the com- 

 pilation of minor special indexes which are to be found in many ento- 

 mological offices. Moreover, each number should be issued within 

 six months of the end of the period covered. It is entirely feasible to 

 attain these ends, if it is considered worth while. The writer is of 

 the opinion that more effort has been expended and is being given to 

 special indexes of very limited availability than would be necessary 

 to produce a compilation equally valuable to the specialist and, through 

 early publication, of incalculable assistance to all. We are still of the 

 opinion that the federal government would render a most valuable 

 service to applied or practical entomology by continuing the series 



