8 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL PATHOLOGICAL 



ENTOMOLOGIST. 



(T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, F.L.S., F.E.S., F.Z.S.) 



I. Charge and establishment. 



Mr. F. M. Howlett, B.A., F.E.S., Imperial Pathological 

 Entomologist, was. in charge of the section from 1st July to 

 28th July 1915, after which he proceeded on six months 

 combined leave, afterwards commuted into leave on medical 

 certificate and extended by a further period of six months. 

 Mr. B. Coventry, CLE., Agricultural Adviser and 

 Director, was in charge from 29th July to 8th August, and 

 the Imperial Entomologist was in charge of the work, in 

 addition to his own duties, from 9th August to the close of 

 the year (30th June 1916). 



Mr. P. G. Patel was absent on privilege leave from 3rd 

 to 22nd January 1916, Mr. H. N. Sharma from 8th to 20th 

 December 1915, and Mr. S. K. Sen, from 25th October to 

 4th December 1915. 



In response to a call for volunteers for Fly Control work 

 with the Expeditionary Forces in Mesopotamia, Messrs. 

 Patel and Sharma volunteered their services at the close of 

 the year and have since proceeded. 



Tours. Mr. P. G. Patel visited Kathgodam and 

 Bareilly from 12th September to 23rd December to collect 

 and study biting flies in connection with the Imperial 

 Bacteriologist's experiments on Surra transmission. 



Mr. S. K. Sen toured in Madras and Bengal from 21st 

 July to 12th September 1915. 



Correspondence. The number of letters received and 

 issued during the year amounted to 211 and 228 respect- 

 ively, whilst 151 parcels of specimens were also received and 

 dealt with. Most of these parcels were of maggots causing 

 myiasis in domestic animals, but several lots of mosquitos, 

 ticks, etc., received for identification, were dealt with. 



