﻿5.— 
  FIRST 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  RECORDS 
  IN 
  PORTUGUESE 
  INDIA. 
  

  

  By 
  Major 
  Feoilano 
  de 
  Mello, 
  Bacteriological 
  Institute, 
  Nova 
  Goa 
  

   and 
  P. 
  CoRREA 
  Afonso, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  Portuguese 
  

   India. 
  

  

  Introduction. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  necessary 
  that 
  we 
  should 
  state, 
  before 
  entering 
  into 
  the 
  subject 
  

   of 
  this 
  paper, 
  that 
  research 
  in 
  General 
  Parasitology, 
  as 
  applied 
  to 
  Medical 
  

   Science 
  or 
  to 
  Agriculture, 
  was 
  started 
  in 
  Portuguese 
  India 
  only 
  six 
  years 
  

   ago. 
  

  

  It 
  must 
  be 
  admitted 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  country, 
  as 
  ours 
  is, 
  a 
  medical 
  

   officer 
  or 
  an 
  agricultural 
  one 
  cannot 
  devote 
  his 
  full 
  time 
  to 
  one 
  particular 
  

   subject 
  of 
  investigation 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  which 
  constitute 
  the 
  Medical 
  

   or 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  sciences. 
  Their 
  attention 
  is 
  bound 
  to 
  be 
  dispersed 
  

   over 
  a 
  diversified 
  field 
  of 
  work. 
  Moreover, 
  in 
  countries 
  which 
  are, 
  almost 
  

   beyond 
  hope, 
  buried 
  under 
  deep 
  strata 
  of 
  routine, 
  any 
  new 
  introduction 
  

   or 
  suggestion 
  gives 
  rise 
  to 
  a 
  movement 
  of 
  reaction 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   majority 
  of 
  the 
  people. 
  They 
  discourage 
  the 
  workers 
  either 
  by 
  a 
  studied 
  

   attitude 
  of 
  cold 
  indifference 
  or 
  by 
  direct 
  manifestations 
  of 
  hostility, 
  the 
  

   result 
  being 
  that 
  the 
  better 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  lost 
  on 
  unreceptive 
  minds 
  

   and 
  the 
  energies 
  of 
  workers 
  are 
  very 
  much 
  hampered. 
  Such 
  in 
  fact 
  is, 
  

   unfortunately, 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  writers. 
  

  

  These 
  few 
  statements 
  will 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  justification 
  of, 
  or 
  an 
  apology 
  

   for, 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  entomological 
  notes 
  which 
  are 
  herein 
  recorded 
  are 
  

   very 
  scanty 
  indeed 
  and 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  arranged 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  any 
  

   systematic 
  plan, 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  desired. 
  The 
  identifications 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  

   the 
  short 
  intervals 
  of 
  freedom 
  snatched 
  between 
  periods 
  of 
  regular 
  official 
  

   duties. 
  

  

  The 
  writers 
  hope 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  meet 
  with 
  the 
  favour 
  of 
  a 
  kind 
  accepta- 
  

   tion 
  from 
  the 
  scientists 
  assembled 
  in 
  this 
  Conference, 
  being 
  thereby 
  

   induced 
  to 
  follow 
  up 
  their 
  investigations 
  with 
  perseverance 
  and 
  method. 
  

   They 
  likewise 
  ardently 
  hope 
  that 
  your 
  favourable 
  acknowledgment 
  of 
  

   their 
  work 
  may 
  be 
  readily 
  noticed 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  this 
  country, 
  and 
  

   being 
  accepted 
  by 
  them 
  as 
  an 
  honour 
  done 
  to 
  the 
  country 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  

   may 
  stimulate 
  them 
  to 
  give 
  to 
  the 
  writers 
  that 
  hearty 
  cooperation 
  which 
  

   is 
  essential 
  for 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  our 
  work. 
  

  

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