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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  tllfc 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEEtiNG 
  

  

  KALA-AZAR 
  IN 
  ASSAM. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Awati 
  gave 
  a 
  few 
  remarks 
  on 
  his 
  present 
  Survey 
  of 
  house-living 
  

   insects 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  Kala-Azar 
  in 
  Assam. 
  He 
  works 
  on 
  three 
  

   lines 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  ii) 
  Study 
  of 
  the 
  physical 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  village. 
  

   (m) 
  Inquiries 
  regarding 
  insects 
  found 
  in 
  houses. 
  

   (Hi) 
  Inspection 
  of 
  the 
  houses 
  in 
  cases 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  is 
  permitted. 
  

  

  He 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  villagers 
  have 
  no 
  knowledge 
  of 
  insects 
  found 
  in 
  

   their 
  houses 
  except 
  "bed 
  bugs 
  " 
  and 
  occasionally 
  lice. 
  On 
  one 
  occasion 
  

   Conorhinus 
  ruhrofasciatus 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  a 
  patient. 
  

  

  