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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  Entomology. 
  The 
  Bureau 
  does 
  not 
  maintain 
  a 
  special 
  subject-index 
  

   to 
  the 
  literature 
  abstracted, 
  but 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  increasing 
  the 
  scope 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  annual 
  index 
  is 
  receiving 
  attention. 
  Dr. 
  Marshall 
  will 
  

   be 
  very 
  pleased 
  to 
  receive 
  suggestions 
  bearing 
  on 
  this 
  question. 
  

  

  (2) 
  A 
  suggestion 
  was 
  made 
  that 
  literature 
  should 
  be 
  available 
  for 
  

   loan. 
  The 
  Bureau 
  has 
  a 
  store 
  of 
  spare 
  copies 
  and 
  is 
  prepared 
  to 
  send 
  

   them 
  out 
  on 
  loan 
  or 
  to 
  arrange 
  for 
  the 
  copying 
  of 
  abstracts. 
  

  

  (3) 
  The 
  question 
  of 
  appointing 
  a 
  Coccidologist 
  on 
  the 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  was 
  referred 
  to 
  a 
  sub-committee, 
  who 
  found, 
  themselves 
  unable 
  

   to 
  recommend 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  this 
  proposal, 
  as 
  they 
  could 
  see 
  no 
  

   necessity 
  for 
  such 
  an 
  appointment. 
  But 
  they 
  expressed 
  the 
  view 
  that 
  

   the 
  Director 
  should 
  encourage 
  members 
  of 
  his 
  staff 
  to 
  give 
  special 
  

   attention 
  to 
  particular 
  groups 
  of 
  insects, 
  particularly 
  to 
  those 
  for 
  the 
  

   identification 
  of 
  which 
  no 
  specialist 
  is 
  available. 
  The 
  possibility 
  of 
  

   putting 
  this 
  into 
  practice 
  of 
  course 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau. 
  

  

  (4) 
  A 
  suggestion, 
  supported 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ballard 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Newstead, 
  was 
  

   brought 
  forward 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  prompt 
  identification 
  of 
  insects 
  

   would 
  be 
  ensured 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  placed 
  on 
  a 
  more 
  satisfactory 
  basis 
  by 
  

   the 
  payment 
  of 
  fees 
  for 
  the 
  work. 
  Dr. 
  Marshall 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  

   principle 
  of 
  payment 
  for 
  identifications 
  was 
  already 
  accepted, 
  but 
  it 
  

   had 
  been 
  found 
  impracticable 
  to 
  fix 
  any 
  definite 
  scale 
  for 
  payment 
  

   generally. 
  It 
  was 
  decided 
  that 
  funds 
  should 
  be 
  provided 
  for 
  payment 
  

   to 
  specialists 
  for 
  identification 
  work 
  on 
  a 
  more 
  extended 
  scale 
  than 
  

   at 
  present. 
  

  

  (5) 
  The 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  issue 
  of 
  the 
  catalogue 
  of 
  plant 
  pests 
  was 
  

   examined 
  by 
  a 
  sub-committee 
  consisting 
  of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  P. 
  Lounsbury 
  and 
  

   myself, 
  in 
  consultation 
  with 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  0. 
  Howard. 
  The 
  compilation 
  of 
  

   this 
  catalogue 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  progress 
  since 
  the 
  initiation 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  ; 
  

   its 
  object 
  is 
  to 
  present 
  a 
  brief 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  information 
  contained 
  

   in 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  literature 
  published 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  

   Review 
  in 
  1913, 
  and 
  to 
  provide 
  lists 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  pests 
  occurring 
  in 
  each 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  possessions. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  doing 
  in 
  

   India 
  in 
  this 
  direction, 
  as 
  testified 
  by 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Agricul- 
  

   tural, 
  Medical 
  and 
  Forestry 
  research 
  centres, 
  by 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  these 
  

   Entomological 
  Meetings, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  recently 
  sanctioned 
  issue 
  of 
  a 
  

   catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  literature 
  on 
  Indian 
  insects, 
  I 
  advised 
  that 
  the 
  pests 
  

   of 
  British 
  India 
  should 
  be 
  omitted 
  from 
  consideration 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau. 
  

   It 
  was 
  further 
  recommended 
  that 
  American 
  and 
  Canadian 
  literature 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  dealt 
  with, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  receiving 
  attention 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  of 
  America 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  and 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  

   of 
  Economic 
  Entomologists. 
  The 
  desirability 
  of 
  speeding-up 
  the 
  issue 
  

  

  