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was published by the Carnegie endowment for international peace in 
1916. A number of the most deadly affections developing during wars 
or as a result of conditions following such disturbances, are disseminated 
by insects and assistance in controlling such therefore falls within the 
province of economic entomology, particularly that division known as 
medical entomology, a phase of applied science which has come rapidly 
to the front within recent years. 
Review 
An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock, pp. 
i-xix, 1-1044, 1228 figures, First Complete Edition, Third Edition of 
Part I, Comstock Publishing Co., Ithaca, N. Y., 1924. 
This is the long expected revision of the Manual for the Study of Insects which has 
been the standard with American entomologists for many years. It is really a re¬ 
written work with an added and extensive account of the structure and metamor¬ 
phoses of insects, the latter published in a separate edition and now re-printed for the 
third time. The author’s nearly fifty years of active study of insect life in its various 
phases, most of the time in positions where all that was best w r ould come to him and 
with the large resources of a great university and its strong department of entomology 
at his command, has made possible a comprehensive, authoritative account of the 
structure and biology of American insects. The cooperation of the author’s associ¬ 
ates, especially Messrs. Bradley, Forbes, and Johannsen, has added materially to the 
value of the “Introduction.” There is also an admirably selected bibliography. It 
is the work of a master, and bids fair to remain the standard treatise for many years 
to come. E. P. Felt 
Current Notes 
Messrs. Geo. A. Dean and L. H. Worthley called at New Haven, Conn., October 
17, on a trip to visit the European corn borer infestations. 
Dr. William Colcord Woods, formerly instructor in biology, Wesleyan University, 
Middletown, Conn., resigned since the close of the college year to accept a position at 
Kent School, Kent, Conn. 
Dr. F. A. Fenton, of the Bureau’s boll weevil laboratory at Florence, S. C., visited 
the Baton Rouge, La., laboratory during the middle of September and conferred with 
Bureau and State officials. 
Mr. George N. Wolcott, of Hayti, recently called at the Division of Insects, U. S. 
National Museum, bringing with him specimens to have identified, and consulted 
the specialists regarding some of his taxonomic work. 
Dr. Mortimer D. Leonard, formerly associate State Entomologist of New York, 
has returned to the United States after spending three months in Spain where he 
studied methods of combating the Mediterranean fruit fly. 
