PREFACE. 



THE following Report contains an account of the Proceedings of the 

 Third Entomological Meeting, held at Pusa on 3rd to 15th February 

 1919. As in the case of the Report of the Proceedings of the Second 

 Entomological Meeting, every endeavour has been made to provide as 

 full and complete a record as possible. A mere abstract is of very little 

 use to those workers who require to refer to the record for references 

 on particular points. The cordial reception accorded to the preceding 

 Report has indicated clearly the general appreciation of a detailed record 

 of the Proceedings of a Meeting of this kind. 



Notes on the discussions which took place were taken at the time by 

 Messrs. M. Afzal Husain and G. R. Dutt, who acted as Joint-Secretaries, 

 and to whom I am indebted for their assistance. These notes were again 

 gone over and rewritten by myself. 



This Report contains a record of ninety- two original papers read at 

 the Meeting, exhibitions and discussions, covering various aspects of 

 Indian Entomology. It will, I hope, be found useful by all interested 

 in Entomology, both in and outside of India. That such Meetings are 

 of interest and use to all entomological workers in India will, I think, 

 be self-evident from this Report. 



It will perhaps save correspondence if I state here that no Report 

 was published of the First Entomological Meeting held in 1915. The 

 Report of the Second Meeting, held in 1917, is still available. 



T. BAINBRIGGE FLETCHER, 



Pusa, Imperial Entomologist. 



-28th June 1919, 



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