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ing* evidence of being valuable productions on rice insects and insect 

 pests of other crops, have been recently issued from this laboratory. 

 The entomologists connected with it also make frequent trips of inspec- 

 tion throughout Japan and give lectures and talks before agricultural 

 societies and bodies of farmers, carrying instruction in this way into 

 the very homes of the people. Popular publications and placard- are 

 also issued. There are nine branches of this central experiment sta- 

 tion and. in addition, many provincial stations. Several of these have 

 entomologists, and in some cases very creditable laboratories, as, for 

 example, at Kumamoto. in the island of Kyushu, where Mr. K. S. 

 Shoshima is doing most excellent work. 



The important agricultural colleges, as, for example, the ones at 

 Komaba, Sapporo, and Kumamoto give instruction in applied ento- 

 mology, and have capable men in charge. Many of us are familiar 

 with the excellent work done by Prof. M. Matsumura, of the agricul- 

 tural college at Sapporo, and of the work of Prof. S. Sasaki, of the 

 agricultural school at Komaba. a branch of the Imperial University at 

 Tokyo. In the regular instruction in zoology, also at the Imperial 

 University in Tokyo. Prof. S. Watase is giving special prominence to 

 systematic entomology. 



EARLV NATIVE WORK IN EXTOMOLOCY. 



Any review of the work in economic entomology in Japan must 

 include an account of her pioneer and foremost entomologist. Mr. 

 Yasuchi Nawa. of Gifu. Among the pleasantest features of the 

 writers trip in Japan were two visits paid to Mr. Nawa's establishment 

 in the inland city of Gifu, lying in the great interior valley of the main 

 island of Hondo. Mr. Nawa's interest in the subject developed at an 

 early age, and has been actively prosecuted for the last twenty-five or 

 thirty years with the greatest enthusiasm in his establishment, a sort 

 of entomological academy or school housed in a considerable series of 

 buildings. His own work and that of his students and assistants in 

 systematic and applied entomology is of a most excellent character, 

 and compares favorably with that of our own agricultural colleges ami 

 experiment stations. It will be remembered that among the best of 

 the collections of foreign insects exhibited at the World's Fair in Chi- 

 cago in 1893 was one made by Mr. Nawa, and this collection was after- 

 wards most generously donated to the National Museum. 



Mr. Nawa's academy is attended by advanced students and also lu- 

 teal hers and instructor- from various educational institutions, colleges, 

 and universities of the Empire. Most o( these students are men oi 

 mature years who are attracted by the fame of Mr. Nawa and his work 

 and wish to tit themselves for teaching entomology or for special work 

 in the field of applied entomology. Mr. Nawa Is now 50 vears old. 



