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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  present 
  Meeting 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  fairly 
  full 
  programme 
  although 
  

   it 
  does 
  not 
  contain 
  the 
  titles 
  of 
  as 
  many 
  papers 
  as 
  were 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  

   Meeting. 
  The 
  subj 
  ects 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  papers 
  now 
  offered 
  are 
  sufficiently 
  

   indicated 
  by 
  their 
  titles 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  necessary 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  

   of 
  them. 
  Under 
  Section 
  I, 
  which 
  includes 
  papers 
  on 
  Crop 
  Pests, 
  we 
  

   do 
  not 
  propose 
  to 
  go 
  again 
  right 
  through 
  the 
  whole 
  list 
  of 
  insects 
  known 
  

   to 
  damage 
  crops 
  in 
  India, 
  as 
  that 
  was 
  done, 
  according 
  to 
  crops 
  attacked 
  

   at 
  our 
  Second 
  Meeting 
  and 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  insects, 
  arranged 
  in 
  systematic 
  

   order, 
  at 
  our 
  Third 
  Meeting, 
  and 
  full 
  accounts 
  of 
  both 
  are 
  on 
  record. 
  

   We 
  shall 
  therefore 
  deal 
  only 
  with 
  additions 
  and 
  corrections 
  to 
  the 
  lists 
  

   already 
  published. 
  Major 
  Froilano 
  de 
  Mello 
  is 
  giving 
  us 
  a 
  paper 
  which 
  

   includes 
  the 
  first 
  entomological 
  records 
  from 
  Portuguese 
  India 
  and 
  we 
  

   may 
  hope 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  only 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  observations 
  on 
  insect 
  

   pests 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  India. 
  T. 
  V. 
  Ramakrishna 
  Ayyar 
  is 
  sending 
  an 
  

   Entomological 
  Pest 
  Calendar 
  for 
  the 
  Madras 
  Presidency 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  

   that 
  some 
  of 
  you 
  may 
  be 
  sufficiently 
  interested 
  and 
  have 
  enough 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  enable 
  you 
  to 
  construct 
  similar 
  calendars 
  for 
  other 
  Provinces. 
  

   Rao 
  Sahib 
  Y. 
  Ramachandra 
  Rao 
  proposes 
  to 
  take 
  us 
  outside 
  of 
  India 
  

   and 
  to 
  tell 
  us 
  something 
  about 
  the 
  Insect 
  Pests 
  of 
  Mesopotamia. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  these 
  will 
  doubtless 
  be 
  familiar 
  to 
  us 
  but 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  Mesopotamia 
  

   should 
  be 
  palsearctic 
  rather 
  than 
  oriental. 
  A 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  information 
  has 
  

   been 
  published 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  on 
  Mesopotamian 
  insects 
  and 
  

   has 
  included 
  papers 
  on 
  Coleoptera 
  by 
  Holdhaus, 
  on 
  Odonata 
  by 
  Morton, 
  

   on 
  ants 
  by 
  Donisthospe 
  and 
  Crawley, 
  on 
  Tabanidse 
  and 
  Muscidae 
  by 
  

   Major 
  Patton, 
  on 
  Anopheline 
  mosquitos 
  by 
  Major 
  Christophers, 
  on 
  a 
  

   new 
  termite 
  by 
  Silvestri 
  and 
  on 
  insect 
  pests 
  of 
  the 
  date 
  palm 
  by 
  Buxton. 
  

  

  In 
  Section 
  II 
  (Forest 
  Entomology) 
  no 
  papers 
  have 
  been 
  offered 
  this 
  

   time 
  but 
  we 
  hope 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Beeson 
  will 
  give 
  us 
  some 
  account 
  of 
  recent 
  

   work 
  in 
  this 
  line. 
  

  

  Section 
  III, 
  which 
  comprises 
  Medical 
  and 
  Veterinary 
  Entomology, 
  

   was 
  omitted 
  from 
  our 
  programme 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  Meeting 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  

   one 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  promised 
  several 
  papers, 
  mainly 
  on 
  mosquitos, 
  amongst 
  

   which 
  I 
  may 
  mention 
  that 
  kindly 
  promised 
  by 
  Maj 
  or 
  Christophers 
  on 
  the 
  

   geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  Mosquitos 
  in 
  India. 
  We 
  have 
  also 
  a 
  paper 
  

   on 
  Surra 
  and 
  Biting 
  Flies, 
  which 
  will, 
  I 
  hope, 
  elicit 
  some 
  discussion. 
  

  

  In 
  Section 
  IV 
  (Household 
  and 
  Store 
  Peats) 
  we 
  have 
  only 
  one 
  paper 
  

   to 
  consider, 
  on 
  lethal 
  temperature 
  for 
  some 
  stored 
  grain 
  pests. 
  

  

  In 
  Sections 
  V 
  (Bee-keeping) 
  and 
  VII 
  (Silk) 
  no 
  papers 
  have 
  been 
  

   offered, 
  and 
  in 
  Section 
  VI 
  (Lac) 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  short 
  papers, 
  both 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Misra. 
  

  

  Section 
  VIII 
  (Life 
  histories 
  and 
  Bionomics) 
  is 
  responsible 
  for 
  about 
  

   a 
  dozen 
  papers. 
  We 
  are 
  again 
  indebted 
  to 
  Professor 
  Poulton 
  for 
  another 
  

  

  