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chiefly to insects and ticks concerned in the transmission of 

 disease such as those of Dr. W. M. Aders on ticks in Zanzibar, 

 In the Seychelles entomological observations are being made by 

 Mr. P. R. Dupont, the Curator of the Botanical Station; in the 

 Federated Malay States Mr. C. Strickland is studying mosqui- 

 toes and malaria, and other entomological work, particularly on 

 locusts, is also being carried on by Mr. C. B. Holman Hunt and 

 Mr. P. B. Richards. M. D'Emmerez de Charmony is paying 

 attention to the insects of Mauritius, and in Cyprus the ento- 

 mological work is conducted by Mr. Z. G. Solomides, who is 

 called upon to deal with the locust plagues to which this island 

 is subject. 



