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pests and especially of the pests of sugarcane, rice and 

 cotton, of fruit-trees, of stored grain, and of insects affect- 

 ing Lanlana. 



Minor. 



Results in various lines of work require to be written up 

 and published as far as possible. Work and experiments 

 in silk, lac, and bee-keeping will be continued, and new 

 insecticides and insecticidal methods tested as occasion 

 arises. Systematic work on Indian insects will be carried 

 out with our own resources and the help of specialist corres- 

 pondents. Advice and assistance will be given as far as 

 possible to Provincial Departments and to all inquirers on 

 entomological subjects. 



XI. Publications. 



The following publications, either written by the Pusa 

 Staff or based on material sent from Pusa, have been 

 issued during the year* : — 



Arrow, G. J. . The Khapra Beetle (Trogoderma khapra, n. 



sp.), an Indian Grain-pest. (Ann. Mag. 



Nat. Hist. (8), XIX, 481-482). 

 Arrow, G. J. . . Coleoptera LameHicornia, Part II; Kute- 



linse, Desrnonycinse and Euehirinse. 



(Fauna of British India Scries. Pages 



xiii + 387, 5 tabs, 77 text-figs.) 

 Bezzi, M. . . On the Fruitflies of the genus Dacus (s.l.) 



occurring in India, Burma and Ceylon. 



(Bull. Entl. Res., VII, 99-121.) 

 Brunetti, E. . . Diptera of the Simla District. (Rec. Ind. 



Mus., XIII, 59-101.) 

 Crawford, J. C. . Nine new species of Hymenoptera. (Insec. 



Inscit. Menstruus, IV, 101-107.) [Tetras- 



tichus pyrillce and Ooencyrtus pyrillce, 



n. spp.] 

 Fletcher, T. Tiger Beetle Borer of Coffee. (Planters' 



Bainbrigge. Chronicle, XII, 14-16.) 



*The list includes papers in the press which are due to appear before the issue 

 of this report. 



