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Mr. C. S. Misra, First Assistant, visited the Central 

 Provinces and Berar from 3rd to 26th October 1915 in con- 

 nection with the outbreak of " Maho " (Nejrfiotettix bipunc- 

 tatus) and to study sugarcane pests. 



Mr. C. C. Ghosh visited Ranchi from 9th to 15th Sep- 

 tember 1915 to investigate a stem-gall disease of rice plants 

 caused by P achy diplo sis oryzoe, Wood-Mason. 



Mr. M. N. De, Sericultural Assistant, toured in Bengal, 

 to see the Silk Centres, from 11th to 21st July 1915. 



The Fieldmen were sent on tour as occasion required 

 throughout the year, chiefly in connection with outbreaks of 

 pests. H. H. Prasad, Sericultural Fieldman, with two 

 spinners and three rearers, was sent to the Madras Peoples 

 Park Fair in December 1915, to show a complete working 

 exhibit of Sericulture from egg to cloth. 



III. Training. 



Two students from the Punjab were under training in 

 Entomology from the commencement of the year under 

 review to 31st March 1916. Two students were also receiv- 

 ed for the course commencing on 1st June 1916 and remain 

 under training ; of these one was sent by Patiala State, the 

 other is a private student. Mr. Mehdi Hasan, of Hydera- 

 bad (Deccan), worked in the Laboratory, from 23rd August 

 1915 to 27th January 1916, mostly on ants. The short 

 courses in Lac-culture attracted no students during the 

 year; this is probably due, as noted in last year's report, to 

 the publication of a popular Bulletin on Lac-work. In 

 Sericulture three students completed short courses in Eri 

 and Mulberry Silk and three remained under training at 

 the close of the year. 



IV. Insect Pests. 



The following list shows, under the heading of a few 

 main crops, the more important investigations carried out 

 during the year on various insect pests of crops. Other 

 work is shown under other headings (Life-histories, etc.), 



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