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scientific journals and the public press, have furuishod us such a com- 

 pendium of life-histories of our injurious insects, and means for con- 

 trolling their ravages, as is possessed by none of the older nations of 

 Europe. It is an honor to American science and a high attestation of 

 the claim made by economic entomology of its utility, that the 

 French Government has conferred upon Prof. Eiley a gold modal in- 

 scribed with its appreciation of the value of his investigations of the 

 grape phylloxera.* 



The four reports of Dr. W. Le Baeon, successor to Walsh as State 

 Entomologist of Illinois, published during the years 1871-1874, con- 

 tain much valuable information upon the insects infesting fruit-trees 

 and other food-plants. The fourth report furnishes an excellent hand- 

 book for the classification of the Coleoptera {beetles), giving, as it does, 

 synopses of the genera and illustrations of the several families. 



Upon the death of Dr. Le Baron, Dr. Cyrus Thomas was ap- 

 pointed State Entomologist of Illinois, and six annual reports have 

 since been published by him. They present the results of his personal 

 studies and investigations, together with those of the assistants with 

 which the State, in appreciation of the work in which he is engaged, 

 have liberally provided him — Prof. G. 11. French and Miss E. A. 

 Smith. f As each report is, in the main, devoted to a particular order 

 of insects, as the Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera and Orthoptera? 

 they will be found of eminent service to the general student in ento- 

 mology who desires scientific knowledge, while they at the same time 

 furnish to the agriculturist the means of recognizing his insect ene- 

 mies and friends. Dr. Thomas, as a member of the U. S. Entomo- 

 logical Commission, has also rendered excellent service in his studies 

 of the Rocky Mountain locust in its relations to agriculture and the 

 settlement of the Territories. A bulletin upon the chinch-bug, 3fi- 

 cropus leucopterus, was also p)repared by him and has been published 

 by the Commission. 



The economic contributions of Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr., have also 

 been quite extensive. They are mainly the following: Injurious In- 

 sects Xeiu and Little Known (1870) ; the three annual Reports on the 

 Itijiirious and Beneficial Insects of Massachusetts (1871-2-3); portions 



♦The medal was awarded by the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce of France, "in 

 appreciation of discoveries in economic entomology, and especially of services rendered to 

 French grape culture," and was transmitted, in 1874, through the Agence Consulaire 

 de France i St. Louis. It bears upon its face the head of the Goddess of Liberty in bas- 

 relief, with the words, "Republique Francaise." Upon the reverse is, "Mr. Riley, h St. 

 Louis, Missouri. Services Rendus ^ la Viticulture Francaise, 1873," encircled by "Min- 

 iature de I'Agriculture et du Commerce." {Canadian Entomologist, vi, 1874, p. 78.) 



tDr. Thomas resigned his position as State Entomologist iu June, 1832, and Prof. S. A. 

 Forbes was appointed in his place. 



