20 FIRST ANKUAL REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



mention in connection with the above notices, but they are distributed 

 among so many of our scientific journals that they cannot be conven- 

 iently referred to at this time. 



It is announced in a circular of the IT. S. Entomological Commis- 

 sion that it has in preparation a full bibliography of the publica- 

 tions in economic entomology throughout the United States, and that 

 it will probably be given in its next (third) volume.* Beyond the 

 great convenience which such a list will afford for the purpose of refer- 

 ence, it will also serve to show the great attention that has been given 

 to this department of study in this country. 



The results which we have attained in the investigation of our insect 

 enemies and friends, for there are many of the latter, have been recog- 

 nized in Europe, and the gratifying tribute has been paid to these 

 labors, that, in the applications of entomology, we are quite in advance 

 of European progress. Our studies have been gladly accepted as 

 serviceable in the advancement of the like work there being carried 

 on. Scientific investigation, of whatever nature, is of world-wide 

 utility, and hence it follows that while the names of Harris, Fitch 

 and Kiley are familiar ones in Europe, so the researches of Eatz- 

 burg, Curtis and Westwood are aids to which the American student 

 often resorts ; and the appearance of a volume, presenting the most 

 approved methods of dealing with European pests, as in the ad- 

 mirable volume recently given to the public, from the pen of Miss 

 Ormerod,f is cordially welcomed by us. But if the applications of 

 the science have made the greater progress in this country, it is but 

 the consequence of the absolute necessity of attention in this direc- 

 tion, from the excessive insect ravages occurring here, as before re- 

 ferred to. In Europe, as the result of a more general study of natu- 

 ral history, the broad recognition of its importance, and the liberal 

 aid extended to investigators through private munificence and govern- 

 ment patronage, general entomology has reached a point which wo 

 have not approached. There, from the labors of devoted scientists for 

 a century past, the discovei'y (as I have elsewhere written) of a new 

 insect is comparatively rare. Nearly all the known insects have been 

 described and pictured in accurate figures and faithful coloring, in all 

 their stages, so far as ascertained, even of those microscopic but sur- 

 passingly beautiful Tineid moths, whose entire development from the 

 egg to the perfect insect is perfected within the circumscribed limits 

 of a single leaf. 



*That the record may be as complete as possible, all entomologists throughout the 

 United States are requested to aid i» its preparation, by sending to the Secretary of the 

 Commission, Dr. A. S. Packard, full lists of their papers on any subject connected with 

 Economic Entomolorfy (not general or scientific entomology unless bearing on the applied 

 science), prepared iu the style of that adopted in the bibliographical notices of Psycht. 



+ A Manual of Injurious Iiiaects, with Metliods of Prevention and Remedy for their 

 Attacks to Food Crops, Forest Trees, and Fruit. By Eleanor A. Ormerod, F. M. S., etc., 

 Lotidon [188t], 12 mo., pp. 323, many figures. 



