﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  9 
  

  

  proposals 
  for 
  a 
  bee-keeping 
  expert, 
  to 
  be 
  stationed 
  at 
  Shillong, 
  to 
  carry 
  

   out 
  experiments, 
  to 
  introduce 
  improved 
  methods 
  and 
  races 
  of 
  bees, 
  and 
  

   to 
  train 
  up 
  a 
  stafi 
  to 
  carry 
  these 
  into 
  eflect, 
  but 
  no 
  orders 
  have 
  yet 
  been 
  

   passed 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  When 
  we 
  have 
  an 
  expert 
  in 
  this 
  line 
  and 
  have 
  

   accumulated 
  more 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  we 
  shall 
  if 
  necessary 
  

   reopen 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  legislation 
  along 
  these 
  lines. 
  

   From 
  either 
  aspect, 
  the 
  question 
  is 
  a 
  difficult 
  one 
  and 
  South 
  Africa, 
  

   where 
  legislative 
  restrictions 
  regarding 
  importation 
  of 
  bees 
  and 
  bees-wax 
  

   have 
  been 
  rigidly 
  enforced, 
  has 
  yet 
  failed 
  to 
  keep 
  out 
  bee 
  diseases. 
  

   Resolution 
  III, 
  regarding 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  general 
  catalogue 
  of 
  all 
  

   described 
  Indian 
  Insects, 
  has 
  been 
  approved 
  by 
  Government 
  and 
  the 
  

   Committee 
  will 
  meet 
  and 
  submit 
  to 
  you 
  during 
  this 
  Meeting 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  

   the 
  progress 
  accomplished 
  up 
  to 
  date. 
  Resolutions 
  IV 
  and 
  V, 
  regarding 
  

   an 
  Indian 
  Entomological 
  Journal, 
  required 
  no 
  action. 
  Resolution 
  

   VI 
  concerned 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  a 
  standard 
  classification 
  of 
  entomological 
  

   literature 
  in 
  India 
  : 
  I 
  wrote 
  to 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Entomology 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  any 
  classification 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  use 
  

   there 
  and 
  was 
  informed 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  no 
  standard 
  classification 
  other 
  

   than 
  a 
  rough 
  division 
  of 
  literature 
  according 
  to 
  its 
  country 
  of 
  origin 
  : 
  

   no 
  orders 
  have 
  been 
  passed 
  on 
  this 
  Resolution 
  as 
  yet. 
  Resolution 
  VII, 
  

   dealing 
  with 
  entomological 
  education 
  in 
  Agricultural 
  Colleges, 
  has 
  been 
  

   circulated 
  for 
  the 
  consideration 
  of 
  Local 
  Governments. 
  Resolution 
  

   VIII, 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  entomology 
  in 
  nature 
  study 
  and 
  school 
  

   text-books, 
  has 
  been 
  forwarded 
  to 
  the 
  Education 
  Department 
  with 
  

   an 
  extract 
  of 
  the 
  full 
  proceedings. 
  Resolution 
  IX, 
  which 
  dealt 
  with 
  the 
  

   question 
  of 
  organization 
  of 
  entomological 
  work, 
  has 
  been 
  dealt 
  with 
  by 
  

   the 
  Government 
  of 
  India, 
  which 
  is 
  prepared 
  to 
  accept 
  the 
  proposal 
  for 
  an 
  

   Indian 
  Entomological 
  Service 
  with 
  a 
  Central 
  Research 
  Institute 
  located 
  

   at 
  Coimbatore, 
  and 
  Local 
  Governments 
  have 
  been 
  addressed 
  to 
  see 
  how 
  

   such 
  proposals 
  meet 
  with 
  their 
  requirements. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  meeting 
  here 
  as 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  men 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  

   study 
  of 
  insects. 
  Some 
  of 
  us 
  are 
  whole-time 
  workers 
  in 
  this 
  study, 
  to 
  

   others 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  work, 
  whUst 
  others 
  again 
  find 
  in 
  Entomology 
  

   a 
  hobby. 
  Some 
  of 
  us 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  economic 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  subj 
  ect, 
  

   as 
  applied 
  to 
  agricultural 
  or 
  forest 
  crops 
  or 
  to 
  diseases 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  animals, 
  

   others 
  derive 
  their 
  main 
  interest 
  from 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  habits 
  or 
  systematics 
  

   or 
  other 
  aspect 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  but 
  we 
  are 
  all 
  united 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  

   insect 
  life. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  do 
  not 
  share 
  this 
  interest 
  there 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  found 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  cui 
  bono 
  ? 
  attitude 
  towards 
  Entomology 
  and 
  

   its 
  votaries, 
  an 
  idea 
  probably 
  founded 
  on 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  insects 
  are 
  small 
  

   animals 
  and 
  that, 
  therefore 
  forsooth, 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  small 
  importance. 
  We 
  

   who 
  deal 
  with 
  entomological 
  questions 
  know 
  well 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  case 
  

  

  