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be preferable even thougli it be of a small size and issued as a quarterly 

 ■or even a half-yearly magazine. There will be no want of materials 

 for it. The following among other sources can be mentioned here : — 



(1) Records of observations of the kind pointed out above and 



which all entomological workers have the opportunity of 

 making but very few of them at present make. 



(2) Reports of investigational tours undertaken by all workers with 



regard to particular insects or jiroblems. 



(3) At present rearing is not done in all the Provinces. For want 



of rearing the work remains defective. It is hoped that 

 this defect vn\l be remedied at an early date. The records 

 of rearing and notes on life-history thus made in different 

 Provinces under different climatic conditions will siijjply 

 ample and extremely useful materials. 



(4) Life-histories which are fully worked out. 



(.5) The Conference in which we have met is now a permanent 

 function. The Proceedings and at least some of the papers 

 read in these conferences can most fittingly be included in 

 this journal. 



(6) In order to enhance its educative value, useful communications 

 on Indian Insects appearing in other journals may be re- 

 printed in it. * 



Now we tiurn our attention to the non-entomological readers, includ- 

 ing the large body of the agricultural public. The educated professional 

 classes also fall under this category as practically all of them possess 

 lands which they or their relations cultivate. The prevalent ignorance 

 of even the elementary facts of insect life has been dealt with in my 

 paper on " Some aspects of Economic Entomology in India," in which 

 the necessity has been indicated of the compilation of simple elementary 

 books on entomology in all the Indian vernaculars and of the introduc- 

 tion of entomology as a subject for nature study in the primary schools. 

 It will not be an exaggeration to say that the publications of the 

 Agricultural Department, however highly applauded and valued here 

 and abroad, are not of much practical importance and use to the great 

 body of the Indian agriculturists. Iii order to make my point clear 

 if is only necessary to remind you of the small percentage of English- 

 knowing people in the country. The publications, being in the English 

 language, can be expected to be read only by this small percentage. 

 It would be interesting to find out how many do actually read them. 

 I for one would be inclined to regard their number to be very small. 

 At any rate it may safely be asserted that in the case of technical 

 Memoirs, etc.. this number is practically nil. Unfortunately it has to 



