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  Mr. 
  V. 
  Enock's 
  life-histurij 
  of 
  

  

  doubt 
  our 
  Government 
  will 
  do 
  something 
  of 
  a 
  practical 
  

   nature 
  to 
  check 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  these 
  injurious 
  insects 
  ; 
  

   and 
  I 
  am 
  sure 
  that 
  I 
  only 
  express 
  the 
  desire 
  of 
  all 
  present 
  

   to-night, 
  that 
  more 
  attention 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  

   of 
  Economic 
  Entomology, 
  and 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  now 
  within 
  

   measurable 
  distance 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  "poor 
  distressed 
  

   farmer" 
  can 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum 
  and 
  find 
  

   comfort 
  in 
  studying 
  the 
  enemies 
  of 
  his 
  crops, 
  and 
  also 
  

   Nature's 
  provision 
  for 
  the 
  extermination 
  of 
  these 
  pests. 
  

  

  If 
  we 
  want 
  a 
  pattern, 
  we 
  have 
  only 
  to 
  turn 
  to 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  of 
  America, 
  and 
  its 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture, 
  with 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Eiley 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Entomo- 
  

   logical 
  Division, 
  aided 
  by 
  his 
  assistants, 
  all 
  of 
  whom 
  

   seem 
  to 
  have 
  imbibed 
  his 
  spirit. 
  Any 
  farmer, 
  or 
  anj^one 
  

   who 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  farmer, 
  who 
  may 
  write 
  to 
  the 
  Department 
  

   about 
  any 
  insect 
  is 
  always 
  treated 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  courteous 
  

   manner 
  , 
  and 
  should 
  the 
  letter 
  relate 
  to 
  any 
  insect 
  little 
  

   known, 
  an 
  agent 
  is 
  sent 
  down 
  to 
  make 
  enquiries, 
  and 
  

   not 
  many 
  months 
  pass 
  before 
  the 
  life-history 
  and 
  

   economy 
  is 
  known 
  from 
  beginning 
  to 
  end. 
  I 
  would 
  here 
  

   mention 
  how 
  very 
  much 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Eiley 
  

   for 
  his 
  long-continued 
  kindness 
  and 
  help 
  in 
  my 
  study 
  of 
  

   the 
  Hessian 
  Fly 
  and 
  its 
  parasites 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  would 
  call 
  

   special 
  attention 
  to 
  that 
  most 
  useful 
  of 
  entomological 
  

   pamphlets, 
  'Insect 
  Life,' 
  iDublished 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  which 
  contains 
  the 
  most 
  practical 
  sug- 
  

   gestions 
  relative 
  to 
  Economic 
  Entomology, 
  with 
  numerous 
  

   figures 
  of 
  insects, 
  and 
  details 
  generally 
  passed 
  over 
  by 
  

   British 
  entomologists. 
  

  

  No 
  doubt 
  all 
  who 
  are 
  here 
  present 
  will 
  recollect 
  the 
  

   profound 
  sensation 
  caused 
  among 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  

   Great 
  Britain 
  during 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1886, 
  when 
  the 
  

   announcement 
  was 
  made 
  that 
  the 
  Hessian 
  Fly 
  had 
  been 
  

   discovered 
  in 
  Hertfordshire. 
  The 
  newspapers 
  were 
  full 
  

   of 
  long 
  articles 
  written 
  by 
  learned 
  and 
  Ji?dearned 
  men, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  periodicals 
  figures 
  of 
  "the 
  pest" 
  were 
  given; 
  

   "latest 
  news 
  " 
  and 
  bulletins 
  were 
  issued 
  with 
  surprising 
  

   rapidity, 
  reporting 
  the 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  enem}^ 
  and 
  that 
  

   it 
  was 
  gradually 
  spreading 
  ; 
  but 
  from 
  this 
  latter 
  opinion 
  

   I 
  entirely 
  disagreed, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  changed 
  my 
  opinion, 
  

   that 
  in 
  whatever 
  barley 
  field, 
  in 
  whatever 
  county 
  an 
  

   intelligent 
  farmer 
  or 
  practical 
  entomologist 
  searched, 
  

   there 
  would 
  be 
  found 
  the 
  puparia 
  of 
  the 
  Hessian 
  Fly 
  ; 
  

   and 
  I 
  quite 
  agree 
  with 
  Prof. 
  Eiley 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  

  

  