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Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, who had previously held the post of Gov- 

 ernment Entomologist in Madras, and since that time the Research 

 Institute has grown, new buildings have been erected, and the entomo- 

 logical department has also grown. At the Third International Con- 

 gress of Entomology at Zurich in the summer of 1925 Mr. Fletcher 

 was present and gave an illustrated address in which he described 

 in full the condition and the equipment of entomological work, and 

 he has been kind enough to send me the manuscript of his address, 

 which I believe has not been published. 



In 1907 a very excellent entomologist, Mr. F. M. Howlet, was 

 connected with the work, and the papers that he published showed 

 him to be a man of very great promise. He wrote part of Lefroy's 

 " Indian Insect Life." During the World War he was in England on 

 leave and he acted as Entomologist to the Hygiene Department of 

 the Royal Army Medical Corps during 1916 and 191 7, returning to 

 India the latter part of that year. He died in 1920. 



The force of the Entomological Section of the Institute in 1925 

 consisted of one Imperial Entomologist, one second entomologist, 

 one first assistant, seven assistants, four artists, and also field men, 

 clerks, setters, and a menial staff. Very large collections have been 

 built up, and the work covers every aspect of Indian entomology 

 except forest entomology which is dealt with at Dehra Dun. 



Prior to his appointment to the Imperial Bureau of Agricultural 

 Research, Mr, Fletcher had been Government Entomologist to the 

 Agricultural College and Research Institute at Coimbatore, Madras. 

 He was succeeded by Mr. E. Ballard in 1914, but the latter was called 

 to the colors at the outbreak of the war, and during his absence the 

 post was filled by an Indian, Mr. T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar. Mr. 

 Ballard returned in 1919, leaving Madras in 1922 and being suc- 

 ceeded by Rao Sahib Y. Ramachandra Rao. 



Admirable work has also been done in the Punjab by Indian work- 

 ers, and also in the United Provinces, as well as in other sections. A 

 number of the native workers have taken up entomology and are 

 doing excellently well. Among them may be mentioned Mohammed 

 Afzal Husain, Harnam Dass and C. C. Ghosh. 



The subject of forest entomology in India is carried on under 

 the Imperial Forest Research Institute created at Dehra Dun in 1906. 

 Prior to that, however, Mr. E. P. Stebbing prepared a small work on 

 forest insects in 1898 and since then has advanced to be the head of the 

 department. His work entitled " Indian Forest Insects of Economic 

 Importance " is an excellent volume. 



