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to buildings by termites. The losses caused by these insects through- 

 out Africa are great, yet little progress has been made in combating 

 their ravages by means of efficient wood preservatives, or by 

 adopting termite-proof methods of construction. The problem is 

 further complicated by the differences of habit among the various 

 species. 



ORGANIZATION {British only) 



The Imperial Institute of Entomology, under the direction of Sir 

 Guy Marshall, serves as a clearing-house for information concern- 

 ing applied entomology throughout the Empire. With its head- 

 quarters at the British Museum (Natural History) , it is in close touch 

 with the taxonomic entomologists on the museum staff. The Review 

 of Applied Entomology, published monthly by the Institute in two 

 sections — A. Agricultural, and B. Medical and Veterinary — con- 

 tains abstracts of all the important papers in economic entomology 

 published throughout the world. Without the Review it would be 

 quite impossible for entomologists engaged upon these subjects in 

 Africa to keep up to date. The Bulletin of Entomological Research, 

 published quarterly by the Institute, is kept for original contribu- 

 tions that bear directly upon the subjects covered by the Review. 

 The Imperial Institute of Entomology, together with the Imperial 

 Mycological Institute at Kew, which formerly were independently 

 organized, in 1933 came into line with the eight Imperial Agricul- 

 tural Bureaux [see Chapter XI). They are now under the control 

 of the Executive Council of the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux, 

 so that co-operation between all the central institutes dealing with 

 Empire agriculture is secured. 



Under the general direction of the Institute of Entomology is the 

 laboratory at Farnham Royal, where researches on living insects 

 of economic importance are undertaken, and which supplies insects 

 by the thousand required in the Empire for purposes of biological 

 control. 



South Africa has a considerable number of entomologists in the 

 Department of Agriculture and also a special organization for 

 research on locusts, but the colonial territories have only from one 

 to four entomologists in agricultural and veterinary departments. 



