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(x) The ApicUe named by the late Mr. G. Meade- 

 Waldo have been returned. 

 (oci) Braconid parasites of Earias to Professor C. T. 



Brues. Not yet returned. 

 (xii) Tenthredinidse to Mr. Rohwer. Returned 



named. 

 (xiii) Dacus piece and its parasite to Professor Silves- 



tri. Named and descriptions published. 

 (wiv) Tubificid worms infesting paddy to Lieutenant- 

 Colonel J. Stephenson. Examined and in- 

 formation communicated. 

 (xv) An Ichneumonid reared from cell of Pseuda- 

 genia blanda to Mr. C. Morley. Named and 

 will be returned. 

 (xvi) Hispinae and Cassidinge to Mr. S. Maulik. Not 



yet named and returned. 

 (xvii) Micro-Lepidoptera to Mr. E. Meyrick, F.R.S. 

 Named and returned. 



Various collections of Indian insects have been received 

 and named and returned as far as possible. These included 

 collections sent by the Provincial Agricultural Departments 

 and by numerous correspondents. 



IX. Entomological Meeting. 



A Second Meeting of the Entomological Staffs of Pusa 

 and the Agricultural Departments of the Provinces and 

 Native States was held at Pusa from 5th to 12th February, 

 1917, and was attended by twenty-five members and two 

 visitors. All Indian crops and their insect pests, and the 

 life-histories and methods of control of these latter, were 

 gone over and discussed, and the Meeting proved very valu- 

 able to all who attended it. A full report of the Meeting 

 has been prepared and is now in the press. 



X. Programme of work for 1917-18. 



Major. 

 This will follow generally on the lines of work of the 

 current year and will include general investigations of crop 



