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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOrilTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  Mulberry 
  : 
  A 
  Scale. 
  

   Olive 
  : 
  Scale. 
  

   ZizypMs 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Tarucus 
  theophrastus. 
  

  

  2. 
  Aleurodid. 
  

  

  3. 
  Scales. 
  

  

  Locusts 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Schistocerm 
  peregrina. 
  

  

  2. 
  Bociostaurus 
  maroccanus. 
  

  

  3. 
  Caloptenus 
  sp. 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  observations, 
  meagre 
  though 
  they 
  may 
  be, 
  serve 
  to 
  show 
  

   the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  Insect 
  Fauna 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  country 
  occupying 
  

   the 
  interesting 
  position 
  of 
  a 
  half-way 
  stage 
  in 
  the 
  land 
  route 
  between 
  

   Europe 
  and 
  India. 
  A 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Insect 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  this 
  coun- 
  

   try 
  is, 
  however, 
  neither 
  simply 
  of 
  academic 
  interest 
  nor 
  even 
  of 
  purely 
  

   local 
  significance 
  : 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  importance 
  from 
  an 
  international 
  point 
  

   of 
  view. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  trade 
  that 
  might 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  spring 
  up 
  

   between 
  India 
  and 
  Mesopotamia, 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  British 
  influence, 
  it 
  is 
  

   important 
  to 
  recognize 
  the 
  danger 
  of 
  an 
  introduction 
  into 
  either 
  country 
  

   of 
  pests 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  hitherto 
  free. 
  As 
  regards 
  Mesopotamia, 
  

   the 
  most 
  important 
  insect 
  to 
  be 
  guarded 
  against 
  is 
  the 
  Pink 
  Bollworm, 
  

   in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  possibilities 
  of 
  cotton 
  cultivation. 
  Again, 
  the 
  Orange 
  

   and 
  other 
  Citrus 
  varieties 
  in 
  Mesopotamia 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  remark- 
  

   ably 
  free 
  from 
  insect 
  pests. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  possible 
  to 
  say 
  whether 
  this 
  is 
  due 
  

   to 
  the 
  extreme 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  or 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  immunity 
  

   of 
  the 
  varieties, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  incumbent 
  on 
  the 
  Government 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  entry 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  pests 
  Citrus 
  trees 
  are 
  subject 
  

   to 
  in 
  ludia 
  and 
  America 
  ; 
  and 
  again, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  possibili- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  Fruit-growing, 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  Fruit-fly 
  is 
  an 
  insect 
  

   the 
  entry 
  of 
  which 
  from 
  the 
  West 
  should 
  be 
  legislated 
  against. 
  

   On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  there 
  •are 
  several 
  European 
  pests 
  of 
  notoriety 
  

   which 
  are 
  not 
  yet 
  found 
  in 
  India, 
  but 
  are 
  noticeable 
  in 
  Mesopo- 
  

   tamia. 
  The 
  Codlin 
  Moth 
  of 
  apple, 
  the 
  Black 
  Fly 
  of 
  Fig, 
  Tylenchus 
  

   tritici 
  (ear-cockles) 
  of 
  wheat, 
  the 
  Hessian 
  Fly 
  of 
  wheat, 
  and 
  the 
  wheat 
  

   stem 
  sawfly, 
  and 
  the 
  Melon 
  fruit-fly 
  {Myiopardalis 
  pardalina) 
  are 
  a 
  

   all 
  instances 
  of 
  insects 
  which 
  India 
  would 
  be 
  thankful 
  to 
  be 
  free 
  from. 
  

   Bruchids 
  like 
  Bruchus 
  ruflmanus, 
  B. 
  lentisy 
  etc., 
  are 
  also 
  insects 
  lilvcly 
  

   to 
  be 
  imported. 
  With 
  further 
  observations 
  on 
  economically 
  important 
  

   insects, 
  instances 
  of 
  similar 
  dangerous 
  pests 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  multiplied, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  therefore 
  important 
  that 
  early 
  steps 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  in 
  either 
  

   country 
  to 
  guard 
  against 
  the 
  invasion 
  of 
  such 
  pests. 
  

  

  