70 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL ENTOMOLOGIST 



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



I. — Charge and Establishment. 



I held charge of the section from July 1st, 1912, until 

 the 29th, when Mr. H. Maxwell-Lefroy, Imperial Entomolo- 

 gist, returned from leave. Mr. Lefroy, however, resigned 

 his post on the 30th of November 1912 and I took over 

 charge from him on that date to officiate under orders of the 

 Government of India until a new appointment was made, 

 and have continued to hold charge since then. The First 

 Assistant, Mr. C. S. Misra, was away on privilege 

 leave from January 2nd until April 2nd, 1913. He 

 has continued to be in charge of the field work on the 

 Pusa Farm and the Botanical area, and has also instructed 

 the long course students- The giving of two short courses 

 in Lac Cultivation and the arranging of the general lac 

 work has been in his hands. As well as this routine work, 

 he has undertaken investigations on the occurrence of 

 bollworms and their parasites in the experimental plots on 

 the farm, arranging for the despatch of parasites to Egypt, 

 and has also continued his work on economic Aleurodidm 

 and Coccidcp. The Second Assistant was on privilege 

 leave from the middle of November to the end of December. 

 He has remained in charge of the Insectary and assisted in 

 the special investigation on indigo " Psylla." He has also 

 done much useful work with the European and Indian 

 bees. Mr. Dutt was on privilege leave from January 2nd 

 to March 2nd, 1913. He has remained in charge of the 

 economic collections and correspondence, a part of the 

 General Collection {Hymenoptera), and the preparation and 

 distribution of coloured plates and lantern slides, and has 

 taken up a study of Hymenopterous parasites of crop 

 pests. Mr. D. Nowrojee took privilege leave for 18 days 

 during October and November 1912. He has remained in 

 charge of the General Collections and has continued in- 



