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advantages of this method. Storage was done satisfactorily 

 in all these places and the method of storage is becoming 

 popular amongst the cultivators and others interested. 

 That this method is actually being adopted is shown by the 

 fact that at Patna and Bihar in 1913 no less than 1,520 

 persons stored 122,285 maunds of potatoes under sand, as 

 compared with 16,613 maunds stored by 399 persons in 

 1912, and 8,000 maunds by 200 men in 1911. Another 

 pest of stored potatoes in Tirhut is a Tingidid bug 

 (Recaredus sp.) and experiments are being made to find a 

 successful method of control, as sand-storage is found to 

 induce rotting of the potatoes in the damp climate of 

 Tirhut. 



In Bengal the Entomological staff only includes one 

 Collector who is employed under the Government Botanist. 

 He was chiefly occupied in dealing with pests of rice and 

 also attended the Agricultural shows at Barasat, Khulna, 

 Suri, Brahmanburia and Kamarchar where he explained 

 insect pests and their life-histories and demonstrated the 

 use of control methods. 



The Entomological Assistant in Assam only went to his 

 province in November 1913 after completion of his training 

 at Pusa. 



In Burma there is one Entomological Assistant, who 

 was chiefly employed on the collection of information 

 regarding insect pests of rice. 



V. — Work at Pusa. 



Investigation into the life-histories of injurious and 

 other insects was continued, the following insects being 

 those of which at least complete life-cycles were obtained : — 



Pyrilla aberrans. 



Aleurodes bergi and A. citri. 



A tractomorpha crenulata. 



Eublemma olivacea. 



Odoiporus longicollis. 



Virachola isocrates. 



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