﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  Fourth 
  Entomological 
  Meeting. 
  

  

  The 
  Fourth 
  Entomological 
  Meeting 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  Pusa 
  from 
  the 
  7th 
  

   to 
  r2th 
  February 
  1921, 
  both 
  days 
  inclusive. 
  The 
  Proceedings 
  were 
  

   opened 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  Milligan, 
  M.A., 
  B.Sc, 
  Agricultural 
  Adviser 
  to 
  the 
  

   Government 
  of 
  India, 
  who 
  gave 
  an 
  introductory 
  speech 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Introductory 
  Speech 
  by 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Adviser. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fletcher 
  and 
  Gentlemen 
  : 
  — 
  Before 
  opening 
  the 
  proceedings 
  it 
  is 
  

   my 
  melancholy 
  duty 
  to 
  pay 
  a 
  tribute 
  to 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  a 
  distinguished 
  

   Entomologist 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  recently 
  removed 
  from 
  our 
  midst. 
  I 
  refer, 
  

   of 
  course, 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  M. 
  Howlett 
  whose 
  untimely 
  death 
  has 
  robbed 
  

   us 
  of 
  a 
  comrade 
  and 
  a 
  friend, 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  unique 
  personality 
  whose 
  place 
  

   will 
  never 
  be 
  completely 
  filled. 
  

  

  Permit 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Members 
  of 
  this 
  Institute, 
  

   to 
  extend 
  to 
  all 
  our 
  guests 
  a 
  hearty 
  welcome 
  to 
  Pusa. 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  if 
  

   any 
  indication 
  was 
  required 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  conferences, 
  the 
  

   attendance 
  of 
  upwards 
  of 
  fifty 
  workers 
  on 
  Entomology 
  from 
  all 
  over 
  

   India 
  would 
  surely 
  be 
  sufiicient. 
  The 
  success 
  of 
  your 
  past 
  meetings 
  is 
  

   due, 
  I 
  think, 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place, 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  informal, 
  in 
  the 
  

   second 
  place 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  strictly 
  technical 
  nature 
  ; 
  and, 
  thirdly 
  

   that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  members 
  of 
  a 
  particular 
  service 
  or 
  even 
  

   to 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  services 
  at 
  all 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  common 
  bond 
  uniting 
  all 
  

   members 
  is 
  Entomology 
  itself. 
  From 
  a 
  professional 
  standpoint, 
  therefore, 
  

   such 
  meetings 
  are 
  ideal, 
  and, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  just 
  stated, 
  the 
  proof 
  of 
  their 
  

   value 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  and 
  representative 
  gathering 
  here 
  assem- 
  

   bled. 
  I 
  feel 
  that 
  I 
  need 
  not 
  to 
  an 
  audience 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  emphasize 
  the 
  

   importance 
  of 
  your 
  branch 
  of 
  science. 
  To 
  the 
  general 
  public, 
  insects 
  are 
  

   of 
  importance 
  chiefly 
  from 
  two 
  points 
  of 
  view, 
  viz., 
  the 
  medical 
  and 
  

   the 
  agricultural. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  that 
  the 
  carriers 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   dreaded 
  of 
  all 
  diseases 
  affecting 
  man 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  animals 
  are 
  insects 
  

   and 
  that 
  a 
  not 
  inconsiderable 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  crops 
  which 
  man 
  grows 
  for 
  

   his 
  own 
  use 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  upkeep 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  world 
  and 
  pays 
  its 
  toll 
  

   both 
  before 
  and 
  after 
  harvest. 
  Now 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  natural 
  that 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

  

  