﻿50.— 
  ^OTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  IMPERIAL 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  CONFER- 
  

   ENCE, 
  LONDON, 
  JUNE 
  1920. 
  

  

  By 
  C. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Beeson, 
  M.A., 
  Forest 
  Zoologist, 
  Deha 
  Dun. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fletcher 
  has 
  asked 
  me 
  to 
  say 
  something 
  about 
  the 
  Imperial 
  

   Entomological 
  Conference 
  which 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  June, 
  last 
  year, 
  in 
  the 
  

   rooms 
  of 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Society 
  in 
  London. 
  In 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  this 
  Con- 
  

   ference, 
  which, 
  presumably, 
  you 
  have 
  all 
  seen, 
  is 
  given 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  

   delegates 
  sent 
  by 
  the 
  various 
  Self-governing 
  Dominions, 
  States 
  and 
  

   Colonies 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Empire. 
  There 
  was 
  in 
  addition 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  

   attendance 
  of 
  British 
  Entomologists, 
  and 
  others 
  interested 
  in 
  plant 
  

   pathology. 
  Among 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  had 
  experience 
  of 
  Indian 
  conditions 
  

   were 
  present 
  Professor 
  Lefroy, 
  Dr. 
  Imms, 
  Mr. 
  Speyer, 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  Kunhi 
  Kannan 
  ; 
  but 
  for 
  reasons 
  already 
  known. 
  to 
  you, 
  we 
  had 
  to 
  

   deplore 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  an 
  entomologist, 
  who 
  has 
  done 
  so 
  much 
  for 
  the 
  

   advancement 
  of 
  entomology 
  in 
  India, 
  and 
  who 
  is 
  most 
  fitted 
  for 
  the 
  

   task 
  of 
  describing 
  to 
  the 
  Conference 
  the 
  work 
  we 
  are 
  doing 
  and 
  hope 
  

   to 
  do 
  out 
  here. 
  I 
  refer, 
  of 
  course, 
  to 
  our 
  Chairman. 
  

  

  I 
  received 
  the 
  information 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  to 
  attend 
  the 
  Conference 
  as 
  

   the 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  India, 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  before 
  

   its 
  commencement, 
  and 
  was 
  given 
  no 
  further 
  instructions 
  than 
  a 
  few 
  

   notes 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fletcher. 
  It 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  if 
  I 
  

   mention 
  briefly 
  the 
  opinions 
  expressed 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Conference 
  

   on 
  the 
  proposals 
  emanating 
  from 
  India. 
  

  

  (1) 
  Review 
  of 
  Applied 
  Entomology. 
  It 
  was 
  suggested 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  

   Fletcher 
  and 
  Ballard 
  and 
  supported- 
  by 
  myself, 
  that 
  the 
  Review 
  should 
  

   contain 
  a 
  subject-index, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  titles 
  of 
  abstracts 
  are 
  classified 
  

   in 
  broad 
  groups 
  such 
  as 
  Bionomics, 
  Tropisms, 
  Physiology 
  and 
  Morpho- 
  

   logy, 
  Control 
  methods, 
  Crop 
  Pests, 
  Systematic 
  work, 
  etc., 
  and 
  also 
  

   that 
  certain 
  additions 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  journals 
  that 
  are 
  

   abstracted 
  m 
  the 
  review. 
  These 
  proposals 
  did 
  not 
  meet 
  with 
  universal 
  

   support, 
  mainly 
  on 
  the 
  grounds 
  that 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  the 
  Review 
  appeared 
  

   to 
  be 
  satisfactorily 
  defined 
  at 
  present, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  inclusion 
  of 
  physio- 
  

   logical, 
  morphological 
  and 
  systematic 
  papers 
  would 
  increase 
  the 
  editorial 
  

   work 
  disproportionately 
  to 
  ,the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  results. 
  I 
  gathered 
  that 
  

   the 
  majority 
  of 
  entomologists 
  present 
  found 
  it 
  feasible 
  to 
  rely 
  on 
  their 
  

   own 
  efforts 
  to 
  supplement 
  the 
  Review 
  for 
  their 
  own 
  special 
  recjuiremcnts. 
  

   It 
  was 
  however 
  agreed 
  that 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  Review 
  and 
  its 
  contents 
  

   could 
  safely 
  be 
  left 
  to 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

  

  ( 
  aS3 
  ) 
  

  

  