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  PEOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOTJETII 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fletcher. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Beeson. 
  

  

  Resolution 
  1. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gravely. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fletcher. 
  

  

  sitic 
  Hymenoptera 
  submitted 
  to 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  0. 
  Howard 
  from 
  Coimbatore 
  a 
  

   couple 
  of 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unnecessary 
  to 
  add 
  that 
  there 
  still 
  remains 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  

   of 
  unworked 
  material 
  which 
  would 
  appreciably 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  above 
  list. 
  

   But 
  all 
  the 
  same, 
  now 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  some 
  at 
  least 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  

   forms 
  identified 
  and 
  a 
  beginning 
  made, 
  it 
  may 
  at 
  least 
  help 
  us 
  to 
  work 
  

   up 
  from 
  this 
  small 
  nucleus 
  and 
  get 
  further 
  information 
  on 
  these 
  very 
  

   interesting 
  and 
  extremely 
  useful 
  insects. 
  

  

  The 
  scattered 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  descriptions 
  of 
  these 
  parasitic 
  Hyme- 
  

   noptera 
  and 
  of 
  many 
  other 
  insects 
  described 
  from 
  India 
  have 
  

   appeared 
  recently 
  will 
  give 
  workers 
  in 
  these 
  groups 
  much 
  trouble. 
  Odd 
  

   papers 
  are 
  always 
  appearing 
  in 
  the 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History 
  and 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  

   desirable 
  that 
  descriptions 
  of 
  Indian 
  species 
  should 
  appear 
  in 
  Indian 
  

   publications. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  difficulty 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  means 
  

   for 
  publication 
  are 
  concerned. 
  Prof. 
  Felt's 
  paper 
  on 
  new 
  Cecidomyiadse 
  

   was 
  sent 
  out 
  here 
  for 
  publication 
  as 
  a 
  Memoir 
  of 
  this 
  Department. 
  I 
  

   think 
  that 
  all 
  specialists 
  to 
  whom 
  Indian 
  material 
  is 
  submitted 
  for 
  

   determination 
  should 
  be 
  asked 
  to 
  send 
  their 
  descriptions 
  for 
  publica- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  India 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  Is 
  this 
  principle 
  accepted 
  by 
  Government 
  ? 
  The 
  Forest 
  Department 
  

   do 
  not 
  do 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  those 
  outside 
  their 
  own 
  service. 
  I 
  think 
  

   a 
  resolution 
  would 
  be 
  within 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  this 
  meeting. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  then 
  proposed 
  the 
  following 
  resolution, 
  which 
  was 
  

   seconded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Beeson 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  This 
  meeting 
  considers 
  it 
  desirable 
  that 
  papers 
  dealing 
  with 
  Indian 
  insects 
  sent 
  

   out 
  to 
  specialists 
  by 
  Government 
  Institutes 
  in 
  India 
  should 
  he 
  published 
  in 
  India 
  in 
  

   either 
  Departmental 
  or 
  other 
  publications 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  render 
  them 
  

   fully 
  accessible 
  to 
  entomological 
  workers 
  in 
  India." 
  {T/tis 
  Resolution 
  was 
  

   carried 
  unaniinousli/.) 
  

  

  I 
  agree. 
  The 
  best 
  way 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  publication 
  widely 
  known 
  is 
  to 
  get 
  

   well 
  known 
  specialists 
  to 
  publish 
  in 
  it. 
  If 
  this 
  is 
  done 
  Indian 
  literature 
  

   must 
  be 
  noticed 
  by 
  the 
  whole 
  world. 
  

  

  Government 
  publications 
  are 
  lavishly 
  distributed 
  ; 
  our 
  Entomolo- 
  

   gical 
  publications 
  go 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  