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include everything that is desirable. It is not necessary to devote an 

 entire page to the table of contents and the speaker can not but com- 

 mend to his hearers the plan of the university of the State of New 

 York of placing on the cover page of its bulletins a brief summary of 

 the contents. It requires little space, is conspicuous, and usually 

 meets every requirement. 



The above discussion of the various forms of publications and the 

 purposes which they serve has been entered into because the subject is 

 one of prime importance, and while undoubtedly each of us has given 

 the matter consideration before, it may be that a joint discussion will 

 bring out facts of value. The speaker recognizes the limitation 

 imposed upon various entomologists and is well aware that it is not 

 always practicable to choose between different forms of publication. 

 Each institution usually has certain methods which have become estab- 

 lished through years of usage and there is more or less difficulty in 

 securing a change. The advantage of discussing the matter on this 

 occasion is that whenever a change is possible we may know how to 

 use it to the best advantage. The ideal scheme of publication, it seems 

 to the speaker is about as follows: 



1. Newspaper articles. 



2. Brief popular circulars. 



3. A little more extended but brief popular bulletins, treating of 

 economic insects or groups of insects. 



i. - Monographic popular accounts of economic insects or groups of 

 the same. 



It seems to the speaker that if the science is to be advanced in the 

 future more attention should be paid to monographic accounts of 

 eponomic groups. These should be extended enough to include most 

 of the forms of importance, and at the same time give references to 

 more detailed accounts of each species or group of species, so that the 

 student more deeply interested in the subject can continue his studies 

 further. 



5. Reports containing records of activity and such other matter as 

 can not be conveniently grouped in a bulletin or special treatise. 



6. Technical bulletins or systematic accounts of natural groups of 

 greater or less importance. 



We all recognize the fact that systematic and economic entomology 

 can not be separated one from the other. They are joined together 

 by bonds which no maia can sever. Many of the groups of insects are 

 of considerable economic importance, and the speaker is of the opinion 

 that he who will work out a synopsis of any such group is doing much 

 to advance the science of economic entomology. We are to-day 

 hampered by the fact that it is extremely difficult for the beginner to 

 recognize injurious species, or for the one more advanced to determine 

 many forms which may be brought to his notice on account of unusual 



