114 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



The following collections sent out in previous years have 

 not yet been returned : — 



(xviii) HisteridaB to Mr. G. Lewis. 



(xix) Longicorn beetles to Dr. Gahan. 



(xx) Anthribidae to Dr. K. Jordan. 



(xxi) Rhynchota to Mr. W. L. Distant. 

 (xcbii) Tettigida? to Dr. J. L. Hancock. 



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. 



VIII. Programme of Work for 1918-19. 



Major. 



This will follow generally on the lines of work of the 

 current year and will include general investigations of 

 crop-pests and especially of the pests of sugarcane, rice and 

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

 ing Lantana. 



Minor. 



Results in various lines of work require to be written 

 up and published as far as possible. Work and experi- 

 ments 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 

 correspondents. Advice and assistance will be given as 

 far as possible to Provincial Departments and to all 

 inquirers on entomological subjects. 



IX. Publications. 



The following publications, either written by the Pusa 

 staff or based on material sent from Pusa, have been 

 actually issued during the year: — 



Bagnall, II. S. . . Brief Descriptions of new Tliysanoptera. 



IX. {Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9), I, 201- 

 221.) 



