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Miscellaneous. — Exhibits illustrating the work of the 

 section were sent to the International Congress of Entomo- 

 logy held at Brussels in August 1910. Entomological in- 

 quiries and notes sent in to the Bombay Natural History 

 Society have been dealt with and the Imperial Entomolo- 

 gist lectured to the Society on the eve of his departure from 

 India. Requests from officials and private persons out- 

 side of India for information, specimens, etc., have been 

 complied with as far as possible. Live Eri cocoons have 

 been sent to England, France and Morocco. 



Proqramme of work for 1911-12. — The work of the past 

 in advising: on insects will be continued, and concurrently 

 the study of the insect-pests of crops will be carried out in 

 the Insectary at Pusa and by the Provincial Assistants. 

 Assistance will be given, when desired, in co-ordinating 

 and directing the Entomological work in the Provinces, 

 and special help will be given in the event of any serious 

 outbreak. The issue of coloured plates and lantern slides 

 will be continued. The experimental work with bees will 

 be continued and extended if possible. Instruction in Eri 

 and Mulberry silk-culture and in the cultivation of Lac 

 will be given to students attending short courses in these 

 subjects. Eurther collections will be made of lac insects 

 in all stasres for the purpose of ascertaining the relation- 

 ships of the various races. New insecticides and appara- 

 tus submitted for trial will be tested with a view to their 

 utility under Indian conditions. Rearing of Eri Silk- 

 worms will be continued and all possible help given to 

 those commencing this industry. Further experimental 

 work will be done on the mongrel i sat ion of the races of the 

 Mulberry Silk-worm, and it is anticipated that tlie provi- 

 sion of cold-storage at Pnsa will much facilitate this. 

 Special attention will be devoted to acquiring a knowledge 

 of Indian Termites (wliite-ants), the damage they do, and 

 the best methods of preserving crops and constructional 

 material from their ravages. 



Puhlications. — A list of the more important of these is 



attached, but less and less time is available for work of this 



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