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FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST 
Official Organ of The Florida Entomological Society, Gainesville, 
Florida. 
PROFESSOR Jc Re WATSON. 2S 2 ee ee Editor 
IDR AWALMON: NEW Ebsi6 20 20) 2 35 2s So Associate Editor 
DR HW. DERGER S00 0 Bates bo ie s0t ies cee Business Manager 
Issued once every three months. Free to all members of the 
Society. 
Subscription price to non-members is $1.00 per year in ad- 
vance; 25 cents per copy. 
For this number Dr. C. F. Hodge contributes an especially 
valuable and timely article. There is little doubt but that the 
mosquito problem is the most important the state, as a whole, 
has to solve. And the most difficult part of the work is to dissi- 
pate the popular notion that little or nothing can be done about 
it; that mosquitoes are an inevitable part of Florida and there- 
fore best ignored; that it is not good “boosting” to mention the 
subject; that they fly long distances and mostly breed in swamps 
and marshes whose drainage at this time is out of the question. 
It seems to us that the best and quickest method of eliminating 
mosquitoes from a town is to hire a man who knows their breed- 
ing habits to see to it that no one allows mosquitoes to breed on 
his premises. We once lived in a town of 10,000 which paid a 
man to spend his entire time inspecting yards, alleys and vacant 
lots. That was a clean town and a favorite of tourists and 
health seekers. As Dr. Hodge remarked before the Society, 
“Few men can be trusted to know what is in their own back 
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“* * * and ology it must be with ‘all other ologies what- 
soever’’”’. Seventeen letters expressing preference for FLORIDA 
ENTOMOLOGIST were received by the Secretary in response to the 
Business Manager’s remarks on the change of name of THE 
BuGGIST (p. 60, vol. III) ; seven from inspectors in the Nursery 
Inspection Department (two not members of the Society, two 
with unpaid dues 2 and 3 years, two with unpaid dues 1920) ; 
four from the Quarantine Department (two with unpaid dues 
2 years) ; two from Citrus Canker Inspectors (both dues 2 years 
unpaid) ; one grove manager (dues 2 years unpaid) ; one County 
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