•86 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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



I. Administration. 



The Imperial Entomologist held charge of the Section 

 throughout the year ended 30th June, 1919, except for a 

 period of one month from 9th September, 1918, when he 

 was on privilege leave. The post of Supernumerary Ento- 

 mologist, which had remained vacant for four years, was 

 filled by Mr. M. Afzal Husain, M.Sc, who joined the De- 

 partment on 6th January, 1919. Mr. Y. Ramachandra 

 Rao, M.A., Entomological Assistant in Madras, was on 

 deputation during the year to work under the Imperial 

 Entomologist on an investigation of the insects which occur 

 on Lantana in India and Burma; his period of deputation 

 was completed on 31st March, 1919, after which he returned 

 to Madras, and has since submitted a report on his inves- 

 tigations, which has been sent in for publication. 



II. Training. 



One student, Mr. G. D. Austin, deputed by the Ceylon 

 Department of Agriculture, was received on 1st June for 

 a course in Economic Entomology. 



Mr. H. S. Pruthi, B.Sc, a student of the Government 

 College at Lahore, was also received towards the end of 

 the year and is working on the anatomy of Dysdereus 

 cingulatus. 



Four students completed a short course of instruction 

 in sericulture and two in lac-culture. 



III. Insect Pests. 



A summarized account of our knowledge of Indian 

 Crop-pests was given in a lengthy paper by the present 

 writer read at the Third Entomological Meeting held at 

 Pusa in February, 1919, and this information was supple- 



