﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  211 
  

  

  (1) 
  Blanford, 
  

  

  (2) 
  Ditto 
  

  

  References 
  to 
  Literature. 
  

  

  W. 
  T. 
  . 
  Journal 
  of 
  Asiatic 
  Society 
  of 
  Bengal, 
  Vol. 
  

   39, 
  Part 
  2, 
  p. 
  336. 
  1870. 
  

   . 
  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  Vertebrate 
  animals 
  in 
  

   India, 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Biirmah. 
  Philoso- 
  

   fUcal 
  Trans, 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society, 
  Series 
  

   B., 
  Vol. 
  194, 
  pp. 
  335-436. 
  1901. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  much, 
  indebted 
  to 
  Major 
  Christophers 
  for 
  this 
  most 
  interesting 
  Mr. 
  Fletcher 
  

   paper. 
  He 
  has 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  paid 
  special 
  attention 
  to 
  mosquitos, 
  

   which 
  are 
  themselves 
  insects 
  which 
  are 
  only 
  too 
  apt 
  to 
  pay 
  too 
  much 
  

   attention 
  to 
  us. 
  The 
  time 
  has 
  hardly 
  yet 
  come, 
  I 
  think, 
  when 
  any 
  

   general 
  debate 
  on 
  the 
  entomo-geographical 
  fauna 
  of 
  India 
  is 
  possible. 
  

   We 
  need 
  more 
  knowledge 
  and 
  larger 
  collections. 
  Both 
  our 
  own 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  Museum 
  are 
  inadequate. 
  We 
  hope 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  

   a 
  position 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  I 
  cannot 
  agree 
  with 
  Major 
  Christo- 
  

   phers 
  that 
  the 
  insect 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Nilgiris 
  is 
  Himalayan. 
  Fifteen 
  years 
  

   ago, 
  I 
  drew 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  similarity 
  of 
  the 
  faunas 
  of 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  

   the 
  Khasis. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  case 
  of 
  survival, 
  but 
  rather 
  a 
  case 
  of 
  

   migration. 
  Fifteen 
  years 
  ago, 
  before 
  I 
  came 
  to 
  India, 
  I 
  took 
  part 
  in 
  an 
  

   expedition 
  to 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  Ocean, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  

   insects 
  was 
  my 
  province 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  and 
  during 
  this 
  expedition 
  manv 
  

   striking 
  cases 
  of 
  distribution 
  were 
  found. 
  Not 
  only 
  strong 
  fliers, 
  which 
  

   could 
  cross 
  wide 
  expanses 
  of 
  sea 
  by 
  their 
  own 
  efforts, 
  but 
  also 
  very 
  weak 
  

  

  