Baroda have added inrormatioii concerning' injurious pests, 

 and I have incorporated their o])servations in some cases. I 

 trust that many will be found to follow in their footsteps, 

 to take up the study of insect life in relation to agriculture 

 in India, and to devote themselves to this In'anch of research. 

 It is certain that India should not be behind other nations in 

 scientific knowledge, and that men can be found who will 

 devote themselves to this form of learning, not for the sake 

 of the pay or position, bnt at the bidding of that intense 

 organised curiosity which lies at the root of modern science. 

 I venture to hope that this volume may draw others into this 

 work and open a new field for research. 



H. MAXWELL-LEFROY, 



Imperial F.tiiomolofjiat. 



