PREFACE. 
HE following Report of the Proceedings of the Second Entomological 
Meeting held at Pusa, on 5th to 12th February 1917, which has been 
prepared by me, is based partly on the notes prepared before the Meeting 
was held and partly on a running abstract made during the Meeting 
by Mr. G. R. Dutt, who acted as Secretary. 
I am indebted to my Assistants, Messrs. C.C. Ghosh and G. R. Dutt, 
for assistance in going over these notes with me during the compilation 
of this Report. 
If a Report of a technical Meeting of this kind is to be of any use 
to those interested, whether they were present at the Meeting or not, 
I am convinced that it should be as full as possible, and in the present 
case no pains have been spared to achieve this end, with the result that . 
this Report is practically an abstract of our current knowledge of Indian 
Crop-pests, and in this aspect will, I hope, be of some assistance to non 
entomological members of the Agricultural Departments and to others 
interested in the minimizing of damage to crops by insects. 
To make it as useful as possible to non-entomologists who are not 
familiar with the insects mentioned herein by name, | have added re- 
ferences to readily accessible publications where descriptions and figures 
of these insects will be found. My own book, ““Some South Indian 
Insects ” (Madras Government Press; 1914) has been largely quoted 
in this connection because it contains figures of many common insects 
and also references to former publications. Since the issue of “ Some 
South Indian Insects,” a number of new coloured plates showing the 
life-histories of Indian Insects have been printed and issued from Pusa, 
and copies of most of these have been included in this Report in order 
to make the references as complete as possible. It is hoped, therefore, 
that there will be as little difficulty as possible in the recognition of the 
various insects referred to. 
T. BAINBRIGGE FLETCHER, 
Pusa, Imperial! Entomologist. 
28th June, 1917, 
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