SCIENCE 



JEditoeial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. "Woodwaed, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickeeiko, 



Astronomy; T. C. Mendenhall, Physics; E. H. Thueston, Engineering; Iea Eemsen, Chemistry; 



J. Le Conte, Geology; "W. M. Davis, Physiography; O. C. Maesh, Paleontology; "W. K. 



Beooks, C. Haet Meeeiam, Zoology; S. H. Scuddee, Entomology; N. L. Beitton, 



Botany; Heney F. OsBOElsr, General Biology; H. P. Bowditgh, Physiology; 



J. S. BiLiiiNGS, Hygiene ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology ; 



Daniel G. Beinton, J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, Octobek 16, 1896. 



CONTENTS: 



The Association of Economic Entomologists : — 

 Address by the President : The Evolution of Eco- 

 nomic Entomology : C. H. Feenald 541 



Eighth Annual Meeting, Buffalo, N. Y.: C. L. 

 Maelatt 547 



"The American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science : — 



Address hy the Vice-President before Section 1. — 

 Social and Economic Science — Horticulture and 



Health : William E. Lazenby 548 



Section I. — Social and Economic Science : EiCH- 

 AED T. COLBUEN 558 



On the Penial Structures of the Sauria : E. D. COPE..561 



•Current Notes on Anthropology : — 



The Archaeology of Switzerland ; The Svastika Sym- 

 bol; Hottentot Lyrical Poetry : D. G. BBINTON..561 



•Current Notes on Meteorology : — 



Colonization by Europeans in the Tropics ; Changes 

 of Temperature during the Recent Solar Eclipse; 

 Australian Weather; Notes: E. DeC. WAED...562 



Astronomical Notes : H.J 564 



Seientifie Notes and News : — 



Field Work of the Geological Survey ; Popular In- 

 struction in Natural History ; The Franklin Insti- 

 tute ; The U. S. Coast-line Battle-ship ' Oregon '; 

 E. H. T. General 565 



University and Educational News 571 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



The Geology of Block Island: Aethue Hollick. 

 The Curve-tracing Top : C. Baeus. New Apples: 

 E. Lewis Stuetevant. The Limits of Sci- 

 ence: J. McKeen Cattell. Bulgers College 

 Museum: W. S. Valiant 571 



Sdentific Literature : — 



Britton and Brown^s Illustrated Flora : CONWAY 

 MacMillan. L'Annee psychologique : E. B. 

 Delabaere. Cler¥s The Gas and Oil Engine : 

 E. H. Thueston 574 



Scientific Journals : — 



The Physical Review 579 



New Books 580 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended 

 or review should be sent to the responsible editor, Prof. J. 

 McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudaon, N. Y. 



THE ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOL- 

 OGISTS—ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT— 

 THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC 

 ENTOMOLOGY. 

 The earliest accounts of injuries caused 

 by insects, so far as I have seen, are con- 

 tained in the Old Testament, but nowhere 

 in this work is it stated that attempts of 

 any kind were made to destroy the insects 

 or hold them in check in any way. In 

 many instances the visitations of insects in 

 large numbers were looked upon as plagues 

 sent by the Almighty . Three of the plagues 

 of Egypt, portrayed so vividly in the book 

 of Exodus, were caused by insects, one by 

 lice, one by flies and one by locusts, but in 

 each case Pharaoh looked for and sought 

 relief only by divine interposition through 

 the good influence of Moses, 'the great 

 lawgiver.' 



In the book of Joel sundry judgments of 

 God are declared, among which the devas- 

 tations of insects are referred to with some 

 detail. The prophet seems to take a pessi- 

 mistic view of their work, and no hint 

 is given, or even suggested, of any method 

 of checking their ravages. 



Aristotle, in his History of Animals, pub- 

 lished about 200 years before the Christian 

 era, while treating of insects, gives us noth- 

 ing whatever of an economic nature con- 

 cerning them. 



Pliny, in his great work on the History 

 of the World, published about the year 77 



