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ous-fruit insect investigations, tropical and subtropical fruit insect 

 investigations. C. L. Marlatt, investigations of the Mediterranean 

 and other fruit flies. Dr. F. H. Chittenden, truck-crop insect investiga- 

 tions. E. A. Back, stored-product insect investigations. Dr. A. D. 

 Hopkins, forest insect investigations. Dr. L. O. Howard, W. D. Hun- 

 ter, and J. L. Webb, investigations of insects affecting the health of 

 man and animals. Dr. E. F. Phillips, investigations in bee culture. 

 A. F. Burgess, gipsy moth and brown-tail moth investigations. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture publishes annually a List of 

 Workers in Subjects Pertaining to Agriculture, which contains the names 

 of all the entomological workers in the Department of Agriculture, in 

 State Agricultural Colleges and in Experiment Stations. 



Canada. The development of economic entomology in Canada 

 was due largely to the efforts of Dr. James Fletcher, of -the Dominion 

 Experimental Farms, Ottawa, whose annual reports and other writings 

 were of exceptional value. His work was furthered in every way by 

 the "eminent director of the experimental farms system, Dr. William 

 Saunders, himself a pioneer in economic entomology in Canada and the 

 author of one of the most valuable treatises upon the subject that has 

 ever been published in America." Dr. Fletcher was Government ento- 

 mologist from 1884 until his death, in 1908. Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, 

 who was appointed Dominion entomologist in 1909, made in ten years a 

 brilliant record in public service. His remarkable work was cut short 

 by his death in February, 1920. In October, 1920, Arthur Gibson was 

 made Dominion entomologist. He is well fitted by ability and experience 

 to maintain the standard of excellence set by his eminent predecessors. 



Outside of the government work, entomology in Canada centers 

 around the Entomological Society of Ontario, whose excellent publica- 

 tions, sustained by the government, are of great scientific and educa- 

 tional importance. In addition to its annual reports, this society 

 issues the Canadian Entomologist, one of the leading serials of its 

 kind, edited for many years by its founder, the Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, 

 whose devoted services have been appreciated by every entomologist. 



The Association of Official Economic Entomologists. Organ- 

 ized in 1889 by a few energetic workers, this association has had a rapid 

 and healthy growth and now numbers among its members all the leading 

 economic entomologists of America and a large number of foreign work- 

 ers. The annual meetings of the association impart a vigorous stimulus 

 to the individual worker and tend to promote a well-balanced develop- 

 ment of the science of economic entomology. 



