THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 7, 1910.
THE BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
ISSUED BY THE ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH Committee (TropiCAL AFRICA).
THE EARL OF CROMER, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., O.M., Chairman.
Lieut.-Colonel A. ALCOCK, C.I.E.. F.R.S.
Mr. E. E. AUSTEN.
Dr. A. G. BAGSHAWE.
Dr. J. ROSE BRADFORD, F.R.S.
Colonel Sir DAVID BRUCE, C.B., F.R.S. Dr. S. F. HARMER, F.R.S.
Dr. R. STEWART MACDOUGALL. Sir JOHN MACFADYEAN, F.R.S.
Sir PATRICK Manson, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. Mr. R. NEWSTEAD.
Prof. G. H. F. NUTTALL, F.R.S.
Prof. E. B. POULTON, F.R.S.
Lieut. Colonel D. PRAIN, C.I.E., F.R S.
Mr. H. J. READ, C.M.G.
The Hon. N. C. ROTHSCHILD. Dr. D. SHARP, F.R.S.
Dr. A. E. SHIPLEY, F.R.S. Mr. S. STOCKMAN. Mr. F. V. THEOBALD. Mr. C. WARBURTON,
Scientific Secretary.
Mr. Guy A. K. MARSHALL.
Secretary.
Mr. A. C. C. PARKINSON.
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In view of the increasing attention which has been paid to the subject of recent years, it is hardly necessary to insist at length upon the immense importance of the study of Economic Entomology, whether from the point of view of Public Health or of Commerce.
Apart from the obvious and wide-spread destruction of useful and valuable plant- products by insect pests, it is now a matter of common knowledge that many of the most dreaded of human diseases, such as plague, sleeping sickness, yellow fever and malaria, are disseminated purely by the agency of biting insects; while recent investigations have proved that other blood-sucking Arthropods are similarly responsible for many of the most serious ailments which affect domestic animals.
Tropical Africa offers one of the most striking instances of the way in which the development of a fertile country, having great possibilities, may be hampered and retarded by the wide spread occurrence of noxious insects; and it is to this field that the recently appointed Entomological Research Committee will principally direct their energies.
In attempting to deal with insect-borne diseases, one of the first essentials is a knowledge of the life-histories of the insects concerned; for it usually in their earlier stages that such insects can be most effectively destroyed. It is also of considerable importance to learn the habits and exact distribution of the nature insects; and with this end in view an organisation. has already been set on foot in order to stimulate the observation and collecting of injurious insects on an extended scale over a considerable area of the African continent.
For the purpose of publishing the practical and scientific results which will be obtained through the medium of this organisation, it is proposed to issue a journal, to be called “THE BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL ResearcH”.
This journal will contain accounts of the observations made by field-workers which may have any bearing on the subject of Economic Entomology; descriptions of insect life-histories, with figures of their earlier stages; reports on practical methods for destroying or keeping in check any noxious species; papers by specialists dealing with the systematic classification of such groups as are known to be, or are likely to be, injurious to human beings, live-stock, or agriculture; and so forth. The requirements of medical men, farmers, &c., who have no special knowledge of Entomology, will also be kept in view; and fully illustrated papers will be issued from time to time showing, as simply as possible, the characters by which the more important pests may be recognised. In this connection, the value of good illustrations cannot be over-estimated, and it is proposed to make these a special feature of the Bulletin. Brief accounts will also be given periodically of any useful work and important discoveries that may have taken place in connection with Economic Entomology outside the area with which the Research Committee is more particularly
concerned.
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