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Pyralidse to Sir George Hampson, Rutelidse, Cetoniada 

 and Dynastidae to Mr. G. J. Arrow, Carabidse to Mr. 

 Andrewes, Histeridae to Mr. George Lewis, Curculionidse 

 (part) to Mr. G. A. K. Marshall, Lucanidse to Mr. F. H. 

 Gravely, Microlepidoptera to Mr. E. Meyrick, Trypaneidse 

 to Professor M. Bezzi and their parasites to Professor 

 Silvestri, and various Diptera to Mr. E. Brunetti. 



Our thanks are due to His Excellency Lord Carmichael 

 for a small named collection of moths from Darjiling. 



Numerous sendings of specimens of insects have been 

 identified for correspondents as far as possible. 



Collections of flies, bugs, lice, ticks and other animals 

 of interest as disease-carriers, made during the year at 

 Pusa and whilst on tour, were transferred to the Imperial 

 Pathological Entomologist. 



VIII. Entomological Conference. 



A meeting of the Entomological staff both of Pusa and 

 the Provinces, was held at Pusa from 2nd to 8th Februarv 

 1915. Similar meetings have been held previously, but not 

 since 1909, and have hitherto been confined purely to the 

 Agricultural Department. Opportunity was taken of the 

 present occasion to extend the scope of the meeting to in- 

 clude others engaged in similar entomological work, and 

 the Forest Zoologist, the Entomologist in the Indian 

 Museum, and the Entomologist to the Indian Tea Associa- 

 tion were also invited and attended and gave us the benefit 

 of their experiences with various insects, which were of 

 mutual interest. Besides these, Mr. E. Ballard, Govern- 

 ment Entomologist in Madras, came from Coimbatore and 

 Mr. E. J. Woodhouse, Economic Botanist, Bihar and 

 Orissa, attended part of the meeting, whilst the Central 

 Provinces and Bihar and Orissa each sent both their 

 Entomological Assistants, and one came also from each of 

 the following Provinces and States, viz., Madras, Bombay, 

 United Provinces, Assam, Baroda and Travancore. 



An abstract of crop-pests had been prepared beforehand 

 and specimens of each got out in show-cases in order that 



