228 [September, 



ENTOM OLOGICAL NEWS. 



Published monthly (except July and August), in charge of the joint 

 publication committees of the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, and the American Entomological 

 Society. It will contain not less than 300 pages per annum. It will main- 

 tain no free list whatever, but will leave no measure untried to make it a 

 necessity to every student of insect life, so that its very moderate annual 

 subscription may be considered well spent. 



ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $1.00, IN ADVANCE. 



Ji®" All remittances should be addressed to E. T. Cresson, Treasurer, 

 P. O. Box 248, Philadelphia, Pa.; all other communications to the Editors 

 of Entomological News, Academy of Natural Sciences, Logan Square, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Philadelphia, Pa., September, 1893. 



Pennsylvania has been the birthplace and home of a number of ento- 

 mologists of eminence, and its chief city, Philadelphia, has the distinction 

 of being the birthplace of the American Entomological Society, which 

 has done so much to advance the study of Entomology in this country. 

 The practical application of the study in the way of economic entomology 

 seems to have been entirely neglected, and Pennsylvania has no State 

 entomologist as far as we know, at least we have never seen anything in 

 the way of work from such an individual, and if he exists we know it not. 

 The State Agricultural College probably receives the annual grant of 

 |i5,ooo per annum under the provisions of the Hatch bill, but none of it 

 has probably ever gone toward the study and investigation of insect dep- 

 redations. We are away behind our sister States in this respect, and in 

 the home of Say, Melsheimer, Haldeman, Leidy, LeConte, etc. Eco- 

 nomic entomology appears to be unknown. Why should Pennsylvania 

 be behind the other States in this respect? It can't be that the State has 

 no injurious insects, but that its legislators are in ignorance of the value 

 and importance of such studies. 



The ornithologists of America and their friends have erected a monu- 

 ment to Aububon in Central Park, New York, which we believe cost ten 

 thousand dollars. It has been suggested by one of the members of the 

 American Entomological Society that the entomologists of America 

 ^should erect a monument to the memory of Thomas Say, who might well 

 be called the father of Am.erican entomology. Entomology, as a study 

 of value to mankind, is of more practical importance than ornithology, 

 and the entomologists of this country should take as much pride in honor- 

 ing one of their distinguished deceased brethren as the bird men. 



Pictures for the Album of the American Entomological So- 

 ciety have been received from Theo. D. A. Cockerell, J. Alston Moffat, 

 C. W. Stromberg, S. H. Scudder, Frank S. Daggett. There are plenty 

 of entomologists left whose pictures should adorn our album, and we hope 

 they will go see their photographer soon. 



