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entomology which was maintained in Entomological News for 

 a time. 



In 1889 the first edition of the well-known " List of Insects of 

 New Jersey " was issued as one of the " Final Reports of the 

 State Geologist." It contained 486 pages and a list of 6,098 

 species. A second edition was issued in 1899 as a supplement to 

 the " Report of the State Board of Agriculture," and covered 750 

 pages and enumerated 8,537 species. It also contained introduc- 

 tory chapters and many notes of economic importance. The third 

 •edition of this list was published in 1909 as a " Report of the New 

 Jersey State Museum." It contained 890 pages and listed over 

 10,000 species, and was essentially an enlarged and corrected edi- 

 ition of the one published in 1899. 



Two books were written by Professor Smith. The first one — 

 " Economic Entomology " — ^was published in 1896. It contains 

 480 pages and considers the various groups and species systemat- 

 ically and deals with them from the economic standpoint. And 

 it has been the only general American work of this kind which the 

 rstudent has had to which he might refer, save Dr. Harris's clas- 

 ;sical '' Insects Injurious to Vegetation." 



The second work — " Our Insect Friends and Enemies " — pub- 

 lished in 1909, contains 308 pages and is somewhat more popular 

 in its nature. It deals with the various species and groups from 

 the standpoint of their relation to each other and their environ- 

 ment. But even here the economic side is emphasized and be- 

 tween pages 248 and 308 we find the chapters " Relations of In- 

 sects to the Farmer " and " The War on Insects." 



One might ask: What were those qualities which made Pro- 

 fessor Smith a leading economic entomologist? Speaking from 

 an association of twelve years, first as student and later as an 

 assistant, the writer has been impressed, like many others, with 

 certain of his characteristics which seemed to stand out prom- 

 inently. 



First, he had a retentive memory. He had grown up with the 



