INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOR 1909-10. 29 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL ENTOMOLOGIST, 



FOR THE YEAR 1909-10. 



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



Charge and Establishment. — The Imperial Entomolo- 

 gist held charge of the section during the year. The 

 Supernumerary Entomologist, Mr. C. W. Mason, left the 

 Department on December 19th and Mr. T. Bainbrigge- 

 Fletcher, R.N., F.E.S., joined the Department as Super- 

 numerary Entomologist on the 8th April. The first 

 assistant, Mr. C. S. Misra, who has absent on privilege 

 leave from the 4th May to the end of June, had charge of 

 the students, of the field-work on the Pusa Farm and 

 Botanical area and of the work with lac culture. Apart 

 from the courses of lecturing given by the Imperial Entomo- 

 logist personally, Mr. Misra has carried out the field and 

 practical instruction of students, which he has done 

 admirably, and also one of the two short courses of instruc- 

 tion given in lac culture. The second assistant, Mr. 

 C. C. Ghosh, has had charge of the insectory and carried 

 out all inquiries conducted there. His work has been of the 

 very greatest utility; he has also been able to prepare a 

 Bens^ali revision of Indian Insect Pests which has been 

 published. The third assistant, Mr. G. R. Dutt, who was 

 absent on privilege leave from 1st November 1909 to 31st 

 January 1910, has been in charge of economic records, 

 correspondence and collections and has done original work 

 on Aculeate Hymenoptera. In spite of his heavy routine 

 work he has found time for both original enquiry and for 

 the compiling for publication of a list of the vernacular 

 names of insects, which is being published. Mr. D. Nowrojee 

 has been in charge of the general collections and has 

 done excellent work in their upkeep and arrangement. The 

 post of Sericulture Assistant, which was filled up by Mr. 

 L. M. Dass, is now held by Mr. R. R. Ghose. The Bengal 

 Entomological Assistant worked in the laboratory for some 



