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REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL ENTOMOLOGIST. 



(A. J. Grove, M.Sc.) 



1. Charge and Establishment. — The Imperial Entomolo- 

 gist, Mr. H. Maxwell-Lef roy, was away on long leave during 

 the whole of the period under review. Mr. T. Bainbrigge 

 Fletcher held charge of the section until April 19th, when 

 he proceeded to Coimbatore to take up his new appointment 

 as Entomologist to the Government of Madras. I joined my 

 appointment as Supernumerary Entomologist on October 

 27th, 1911, and, since Mr. Fletcher's trains fer, have carried 

 on the work of the section. The First Assistant, Mr. C. S. 

 Misra, has been in charge of all the field-work on the Pusa 

 Farm and the botanical area, and of the arranging and 

 carrying out of the lac work including the giving of two 

 short courses in Lac cultivation. He has also assisted in the 

 instruction of students in General Entomology and field- 

 work. In addition to this heavy routine work, he has con- 

 tinued his investigations on the Aleyrodidce and other 

 Hemiptera. The Second Assistant, Mr. C. C. Ghosh, was 

 on privilege leave from May 6th to June 30th, 1912. He 

 has been in charge of the Insectary and has continued to 

 carry out extremely useful work on many insect pests. Mr. 

 G. R. Dutt, Third Assistant, has had the Economic Collec- 

 tions, records, correspondence and the distribution of 

 coloured plates and lantern slides in his charge. In August 



1911, he was sent to the Punjab and remained there for 

 nearly three months organising and directing the campaign 

 against the Cotton Bollworm. In this and his other work 

 he has done admirably. Mr. Nowrojee, who was away on 

 privilege leave from December 15th, 1911, to January 14th, 



1912, has been in charge of the general collections and has 

 done good work in arranging and keeping them in order. 

 Mr. M. N. De had charge of the Silk House and has shown 

 much interest in the work. 



