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extended and is now fairly representative of the Indian 

 Region. Arrangements have been made with Mr. Esben 

 Petersen, of Denmark, to work over the Myrmeleonidsc and 

 allied groups, and these will be sent to him for study. 



The small collection of Diptera has been studied and 

 mostly named up by Mr. E. Brunetti so far as concerns the 

 Nematocera and Brachycera, but requires considerable 

 rearrangement which will, it is hoped, be taken up this cold 

 weather. 



The Rhynchota require a whole-time worker to go over 

 the vast accumulation of specimens and reduce them to 

 order. Several consignments of Coccids were sent out for 

 identification during the year. 



The following collections, sent out in previous years, 

 have not yet been returned : — 



(i) Histeridee to Mr. G. Lewis. 



(ii) Longicorn beetles to Dr. Gahan. 

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

 (iv) Tetriginsc to Dr. J. L. Hancock. 



(v) Aquatic Rhynchota to the late Mr. C. A. Paiva. 



(vi) Hispinse and Cassidinae to Professor S. Maulik. 



Numerous collections of Indian insects have been 

 received and named and returned as far as possible. These 

 included collections sent by the Forest Research Institute,, 

 the Provincial Agricultural Departments, the Bombay 

 Natural History Society, and by numerous correspondents. 



VIII. Catalogue of Indian Insects. 



At the Third Entomological Meeting, held at Pusa in 

 February 1919, it was resolved that there is considerable 

 need of a catalogue of all described Indian Insects with 

 complete references to literature concerning them, espe- 

 cially that published in India, and a Standing Committee 

 was formed to give effect to this resolution. During the 

 -past year this work has been pushed on as far as possible 

 and I have brought up to date catalogues of all families of 



