﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  l73 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  I 
  take 
  this 
  opportunity 
  of 
  thanking 
  Captain 
  Roger 
  

   Thomas, 
  Acting 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  and 
  Captain 
  J. 
  F. 
  Webster, 
  

   Acting 
  Deputy 
  Director 
  of 
  Research, 
  for 
  whose 
  kind 
  help 
  and 
  advice 
  

   throughout 
  my 
  stay 
  in 
  Mesopotamia 
  I 
  am 
  much 
  indebted. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  very 
  important 
  for 
  us 
  to 
  know 
  whether 
  this 
  Hessian 
  fly 
  identifica- 
  Mr. 
  Fletcher, 
  

   tion 
  is 
  a 
  correct 
  one. 
  The 
  fly 
  was 
  originally 
  imported 
  into 
  America 
  

   with 
  straw 
  and 
  might 
  similarly 
  reach 
  the 
  Indian 
  wheat 
  areas 
  through 
  

   Karachi. 
  The 
  observation 
  regarding 
  the 
  Codlin 
  Moth 
  is 
  interesting 
  

   as 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  definitely 
  known 
  from 
  India. 
  If 
  Mesopotamia 
  has 
  only 
  

   recently 
  legislated 
  against 
  Pink 
  Bollworm 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  too 
  late, 
  as 
  

   much 
  cotton 
  seed 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  imported. 
  We 
  had 
  an 
  inquiry 
  

   regarding 
  sugarcane 
  which 
  was 
  imported 
  at 
  Karachi 
  from 
  the 
  Persian 
  

   Gulf. 
  As 
  it 
  was 
  only 
  imported 
  for 
  eating 
  purposes 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  cane 
  

   grown 
  around 
  Karachi, 
  we 
  replied 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  objection 
  to 
  the 
  

   trade. 
  We 
  now 
  know 
  that 
  Sesamia 
  occurs 
  on 
  cane, 
  in 
  Mesopotamia, 
  

   but 
  that 
  other 
  borers 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  found. 
  

  

  