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  PEOCEEDTNGS 
  OF 
  THF, 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  Flies 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  CvUcoides 
  are 
  found 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  

   India. 
  In 
  Assam 
  they 
  are 
  a 
  regular 
  pest 
  both 
  to 
  human 
  beings 
  and 
  

   animals, 
  so 
  much 
  so 
  that 
  cultivators 
  while 
  working 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  have 
  

   to 
  tie 
  a 
  burning 
  cowdung 
  stick 
  behind 
  their 
  backs 
  to 
  keep 
  of! 
  the 
  flies. 
  

   Although 
  the 
  bite 
  of 
  these 
  flies 
  has 
  a 
  most 
  irritant 
  effect 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  

   the 
  harm 
  they 
  may 
  do 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  known 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  that 
  

   these 
  flies 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  medium 
  for 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  some 
  disease 
  or 
  

   other, 
  like 
  most 
  other 
  blood-sucking 
  Diptera. 
  No 
  investigations 
  however 
  

   seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  which 
  would 
  tend 
  to 
  incriminate 
  these 
  flies. 
  

   The 
  power 
  which 
  these 
  flies 
  enjoy 
  of 
  sucking 
  blood 
  from 
  various 
  sorts 
  

   of 
  hosts, 
  and 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  they 
  suck 
  blood 
  more 
  than 
  four 
  times 
  during 
  

   their 
  life, 
  and 
  the 
  overwhelming 
  number 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  some 
  

   parts 
  under 
  certain 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  are 
  sufficient 
  reasons 
  to 
  render 
  

   their 
  study 
  of 
  importance. 
  

  

  This 
  paper 
  was 
  submitted 
  to 
  the 
  Indian 
  Science 
  Congress, 
  Bombay, 
  

   by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  M. 
  Howlett, 
  on 
  my 
  behalf, 
  but 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  seen 
  

   the 
  light 
  in 
  its 
  complete 
  form, 
  I 
  beg 
  to 
  present 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  Meeting. 
  

  

  