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The following Papers were read :— 
THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
BY 
L. A. BERNAYS, ESQ., F.L.8., Hc. 
I pestre to be permitted to offer a few brief remarks upon a 
subject of large importance to the cultivators of the soil in 
Queensland, but one which hitherto has received little or no 
attention. I refer to what may be called ‘ Industrial or Economic 
Entomology,” that is, a knowledge not only of the science, 
but of the life history and the habits of insects injurious or bene- 
ficial—more especially those which prejudicially affect trees and 
plants which are the bases of staple commodities—and of the 
remedies against their attacks. 
The word “ Entomology” conveys to the majority of our 
farmers and gardeners little other idea than that it is the name of 
a science, and one with which they have no concern. It is sup- 
posed to indicate the study of the names and species of butter- 
flies, beetles, moths, &c., and that its principal outcome is to be 
seen in the prettily-arranged cases of insects which are shown 
in museums; but they failto grasp the idea that the products of 
their industry are much concerned in the matter. This is largely 
owing to the fact that so many entomologists confine their 
