REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL ENTOMOLOGIST 

 FOR THE YEARS 1907-09. 



(H. Maxwell-Lefroy, M.A., F.E.S., F.Z.S.) 



Training. — Students from the agricultural depart- 

 ments of the Punjab, Baroda, Bombay and Eastern Bengal 

 and Assam were fully trained during 1907-09. As this 

 is the first year, the full course of training was given 

 under proper conditions. A considerable proportion of 

 time was given to it, and the lecturing from October 1908 to 

 April 1909 done by the Imperial Entomologist. The organi- 

 sation and carrying out of this course has been the most 

 important work of the last two years, and it is to be regret- 

 ted that so few students took advantage of it. A short 

 training, as part of the course in general agriculture, was 

 given to two students from the Punjab and to a fieldman 

 of the Fibre Expert, Eastern Bengal and Assam. 

 Students from the United Provinces, Madras and Bengal 

 arrived in June 1909. 



2. Establishment. — The assistant for sericulture, Mr. 

 L. M. Dass, was recently appointed; there have been no 

 important changes. The First Assistant, Mr. C. S. Misra, 

 has had direct charge of students, of the field w^^rk on 

 the Pusa farm and the work with lac. Apart from 

 the courses of lecturing given personally by the Imperial 

 Entomologist, Mr. Misra has had charge of the practical 

 and field work of students, which he has done in an 

 admirable manner. He also visited Sind in reference to 

 the boll-worm on cotton. The Second Assistant, Mr. C. C. 

 Ghosh, has had charge of the insectary and has had very 

 heavy additional work in connection with ^n-silk, of 

 which he will now be relieved. His work has been of 

 great value. The Third Assistant, Mr. G. R. Dutt, has been 

 in charge of economic records and collections, and has done 



