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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  been 
  abandoned 
  or 
  deferred 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  being. 
  The 
  abandonment 
  of 
  

   the 
  further 
  vokimes 
  on 
  Butterflies 
  is 
  especially 
  regrettable 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   decided 
  want 
  for 
  these, 
  but 
  a 
  curious 
  fatality 
  seems 
  to 
  pursue 
  all 
  works 
  on 
  

   Indian 
  Butterflies, 
  those 
  commenced 
  by 
  de 
  Niceville, 
  Bingham 
  and 
  

   Moore 
  all 
  having 
  been 
  left 
  uncompleted 
  by 
  their 
  original 
  authors. 
  

   The 
  list 
  of 
  publications 
  on 
  Indian 
  Entomology 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  

   years 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  lengthy 
  one 
  and 
  shows 
  a 
  decided 
  tendency 
  to 
  increase 
  

   in 
  size 
  every 
  year. 
  It 
  is 
  published 
  annually 
  in 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  

   of 
  Scientific 
  Advice 
  and 
  includes 
  all 
  the 
  papers 
  which 
  come 
  under 
  my 
  

   notice 
  during 
  each 
  year. 
  It 
  seems 
  hardly 
  necessary 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  

   publications 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  and 
  Forest 
  Departments, 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   Museum, 
  the 
  Medical 
  Research 
  Fund 
  and 
  the 
  Bombay 
  Natural 
  History 
  

   Society, 
  as 
  you 
  doubtless 
  see 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  as 
  they 
  appear, 
  but 
  I 
  may 
  

   perhaps 
  bring 
  to 
  your 
  notice 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  papers 
  which 
  

   have 
  appeared 
  dealing 
  wholly 
  or 
  partly 
  with 
  Indian 
  insects. 
  Amongst 
  

   these 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  the 
  papers 
  on 
  Coleoptera 
  by 
  Messieurs 
  Lameere, 
  

   Fleutiaux, 
  Pic, 
  Achard, 
  Boucomont, 
  Hustache, 
  Desbordes 
  and 
  d'Orchy- 
  

   mont 
  in 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Societies 
  of 
  France 
  and 
  

   Belgium, 
  by 
  Arrow 
  on 
  Lamellicornia 
  and 
  Endomychidge, 
  by 
  Cameron 
  

   on 
  Staphyhnidae, 
  by 
  Andrewes 
  on 
  Carabidae, 
  and 
  by 
  Champion 
  on 
  Coleo- 
  

   ptera 
  generally 
  ; 
  in 
  Lepidoptera 
  by 
  Lord 
  Rothschild 
  on 
  Sphingidre, 
  by 
  

   Colonel 
  Swinhoe 
  on 
  Noctuidae, 
  by 
  Front 
  on 
  Geometridee, 
  by 
  Meyrick 
  on 
  

   Microlepidoptera, 
  and 
  by 
  Hampson 
  and 
  Zerny 
  on 
  Pyralid^; 
  in 
  Diptera 
  by 
  

   Townsend 
  on 
  Muscoid 
  Flies 
  and 
  by 
  various 
  writers 
  on 
  Culicida 
  ; 
  in 
  

   Hymenoptera 
  by 
  Cockerell 
  on 
  Bees, 
  Gahan 
  and 
  Girault 
  on 
  parasitic 
  

   Hymenoptera, 
  Dodd 
  on 
  Proctotrupida?, 
  Kohl 
  on 
  Crabroninse 
  and 
  Sphe- 
  

   cinae, 
  and 
  Altson 
  on 
  the 
  life 
  history 
  of 
  Nasonia 
  brevicornis, 
  a 
  blow-fly 
  

   parasite 
  which 
  occurs 
  in 
  India, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  Turner 
  and 
  Rohwer 
  on 
  several 
  

   groups 
  ; 
  in 
  Coccida^ 
  by 
  Brain 
  ; 
  in 
  Thysanoptera 
  by 
  Bagnall 
  ; 
  in 
  Stre- 
  

   psiptera 
  by 
  Pierce 
  ; 
  in 
  Grthoptera 
  by 
  Bolivar 
  on 
  South 
  Indian 
  Acrididse 
  ; 
  

   in 
  Isoptera 
  by 
  Imms 
  in 
  his 
  study 
  of 
  ArcJiotermopsis 
  ; 
  on 
  further 
  fossil 
  

   insects 
  from 
  Burmese 
  amber 
  by 
  Cockerell 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  picturesque 
  memories 
  

   of 
  insect-collecting 
  in 
  India 
  by 
  Rothney. 
  Dr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Crampton's 
  studies 
  

   on 
  the 
  comparative 
  anatomy 
  and 
  phylogeny 
  of 
  Insects, 
  although 
  not 
  

   based 
  on 
  Indian 
  species, 
  have 
  also 
  very 
  considerable 
  general 
  interest. 
  

   Another 
  paper, 
  containing 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  information 
  on 
  Indian 
  species, 
  

   is 
  Williams' 
  Philippine 
  Wasp 
  Studies, 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Sugar 
  

   Planters' 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Amongst 
  separate 
  publications 
  dealing 
  

   more 
  especially 
  with 
  economic 
  entomology 
  I 
  would 
  call 
  your 
  attention 
  

   to 
  Dr. 
  K. 
  W. 
  Dammerman's 
  book 
  on 
  agricultural 
  pests 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  

   East 
  Indies,' 
  to 
  Heer 
  S. 
  Lc-efman's 
  monograph 
  on 
  Orycfes 
  ridnoceros 
  

   in 
  the 
  Dutch 
  East 
  Indies, 
  and 
  to 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  Shiraki's 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  

  

  