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The valuable service rendered by this committee soon led 

 to an enlargement of its scope. After a consideration of the 

 matter by the self-governing dominions, and a conference of 

 the committee and of the entomologists of some of the domin- 

 ions and colonies in 1912, a scheme for imperial co-operation in 

 preventing the spread and furthering the investigation of nox- 

 ious insects was worked out. This conference put forward a 

 proposal for the establishment of an Imperial Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, to be financially supported by the various dominions 

 and colonies and the British government. The scheme was 

 adopted by the various self-governing dominions and colonies 

 which were invited to co-operate and contribute to the main- 

 tenance of the Bureau, and the crown colonies and British 

 protectorates are also participating in the advantages of the 

 Imperial Bureau of Entomology which was established in 1913 

 with headquarters in London. The former Entomological 

 Research Committee has become the Honorary Committee of 

 Management on which committee the government entomolo- 

 gists of the dominions are also members. The Rt. Hon. Lewis 

 Harcourt, former Secretary of State for the Colonies, is Chair- 

 man of the Committee and Dr. Guy A. K. Marshall is Director 

 of the Bureau and Editor of its journals. 



The functions of the Bureau are as follows: 



1. The collection and co-ordination of information concern- 

 ing the noxious insects of the world so that any British country 

 may learn by enquiry what insect pests it is likely to import 

 from other countries and the best methods of preventing their 

 introduction and spread. 



2. The authoritative identification of insects of economic 

 importance submitted by the officials of the Departments of 

 Agriculture and Public Health throughout the Empire. 



3. The publication monthly of the Review of Applied 

 Entomology in which concise summaries or abstracts are given 

 of all the current literature which has a practical bearing on the 

 investigation and control of noxious insects. 



4. The investigation of blood-sucking insects, particularly 

 in Africa. At present all the field staff are engaged in studying 

 the bionomics of the various species of Glossina; the special 

 object of their investigations is to endeavour to devise some 

 practical means of reducing the numbers of or eradicating these 



