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Morley and PsyUidm to Mr. Crawford for identification 

 have been received back. Specimens of Coleoptera (Longi- 

 cornia) were sent to Mr. Gahan and Cantharidce to Dr. 

 Wellman for identification. 



V. — Provincial Work. 



With the appointment of Entomological Assistants to 

 the Provinces, Pusa is less in touch with the work done 

 in the Provinces except in such cases where the Entomolo- 

 gical Assistants submit monthly reports and where direct 

 guidance is asked for. Also with the appointment of a 

 European Entomologist to the Government of Madras, the 

 necessity for controlling the work in that Presidency from 

 Pusa no longer exists. It is to be regretted that Pusa is not 

 in closer touch with the provincial work and the matter is 

 under consideration, for it is advisable that there should 

 be as complete co-ordination of the entomological work in 

 India as possible in order to prevent duplication. 



In the Central Provinces the rearing of Eri worms 

 was continued and an effort was made to study sugar- 

 cane borers and the effect of growing maize as a trap-crop 

 for them. In Bihar and Orissa the campaign against the 

 greasy Cut- worm, Agrotis ypsilon, was successfully carried 

 out. Arrangements were also made to make more traps 

 locally and to start work against the Cut- worm at Bhagai- 

 pur and Colgong during the following year. Potato stor- 

 age experiments were made at Bettiah, Bihar, Bhagalpur 

 and Colgong, and demonstration godowns were started 

 at Colgong and Bhagalpur. The rearing of Eri worms 

 was continued and eggs were distributed to the local 

 zemindars. In Baroda, work on checking the " Katra " 

 and the sesamum stem-borer was continued. Field demon- 

 strations were also given in several villages to check cotton 

 bollworms, the sesamum stem-borer and the tobacco stem- 

 borer. Arrangements were also made to start lac culti- 

 vation on Babool in the State and to procure Babool brood- 

 lac locally. 



