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INDIAN FOREST INSECTS 



FlG. 15. Portion of stem of a Rhododendron, showing numerous larval 

 galleries of a buprestid in the outer sapwood. N.W. Himalaya. 



the executive 

 officer to gauge 

 the vast im- 

 portance a 

 note recorded 

 in such a 

 manner may 

 have in the 

 future, provi- 

 ded it has been 

 sent for record 

 to the expert 

 in charge of 

 this particular 

 branch of fo- 

 rest work. It 

 may perhaps 

 prove the con- 

 necting link 

 the latter has 

 been seeking 

 for several 

 years, the link 

 which pieces 

 together a 

 whole chain of 

 notes and ob- 

 servations 

 waiting this 

 one important 

 point to com- 

 plete it. It 

 has been often 

 said that there 

 is little use in 

 recording such 

 notes or in 

 collecting the 

 insects, since 

 very often no 

 identification 

 of the insect 

 can be given. 

 The remark 

 has in many 



