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JOURNAL OF ECOXO:sIIC ENTOMOLOGY 



[Vol. 8 



the problem of publication almost always presents itself as the last 

 and often by no means the easiest one to solve. Brief papers are fairh' 

 well taken care of now by the various entomological journals, but the 

 best work of the future is liable to become more and more compre- 

 hensiA'e in its nature, and for contributions of this kind there are few 

 opportunities for publication. One crying need in economic entomol- 

 ogy at the present time is a place where the results of extended re- 

 search can be pubhshed in full. An entomological Journal on the 

 plan of the Journal of Morphology would greatly help in relieving this 

 condition, though like that journal it is probable that within a short 

 time papers might be delayed a year or more before publication. Even 

 then, such a magazine would be of great assistance, and with sufficient 

 funds to permit of the frecjuent publications of numbers, the problem 

 would be solved at least for the most part. Such a publication, how- 

 ever, would probably never pay for its cost and the problem of publi- 

 cation accordingly becomes one of financing. AVhere is the man who 

 will establish a publication fund, or the organized body which will 

 make a supporting grant, for this purpose"? AVhen this C|uestion has 

 been answered one of the most important present problems of economic / 

 entomology will have been solved. 



Vice-Presidext Herrick: We have listened to this exceedingly 

 suggestive address by the President. It is customary to defer dis- 

 cussion until the next session. 



President H. T. Fernald: The first paper on the program will 

 be presented by T. J. Headlee. 



THE CONTROL OF MOSQUITOES IN A LIMITED 

 LOCALITY 



By Thomas J. Headlee. Ph.D., Xeiv Brunsinck, X. J. 



Introduction 



Adequate consideration of the problem of controhing mosquitoes in 

 a limited locahty involves a careful study of the nature of the breecUng 

 places T^dthin the proposed limits and an almost equally careful exam- 

 ination of the environs of the area to be protected. Conditions may 

 be found wdthin the area or in the territory surrounding it which ^vill 

 prevent successful work except at prohibitive cost. Any person, cor- 

 poration, or municipality plaiming to take up anti-mosquito work 

 should, therefore, have the territory to be protected and its environs 

 carefulty studied to see whether eft>ctive work can be done at a figure 

 which he or it is ^^dlling to pay. 



