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he preferable even though it be of a small size and issued as a quarterly 



ZT\i:^''''' ""^^^"t '^'^^^'^ -"^ ^« - want of Materials 

 tor It. The following among other sources can be mentioned here •- 



(1) Records of observations of the kind pointed out above and 



which all entomological workers have the opportunitv of 

 making but very few of them at present make 



(2) Reports of mvestigational tom-s undertaken by all workers with 



regard to particular insects or problems. 



(3) At present rearing is not done in all the Provinces. For want 



of rearing the work remains defective. It is hoped that 

 this defect .vill be remedied at an early date. The records 

 of rearing and notes on life-history thus made in different 

 Provinces under different climatic conditions will supply 

 ample and extremely useful materials. 



(4) Life-histories which are fully worked out 



(5) The Conference m which we have met' is now a permanent 



function. The Proceedings and at least some of the papers 

 read m these conferences can most fittinglv be included in 

 this journal. 

 (<3) In order to enhance its educative value, useful communication^^ 

 on Indian Insects appearing in other journals may be re- 

 printed m It. - ic 



Now we turn our attention to the non-entomological readers, includ- 

 Ses ^sf f n ' 1 ^^:,^---^*-'''l P-blic. The educated professional 

 classes also fall under this category as practically all of them possess 

 lands which they or their relations cultivate. The prevalent ignrn 

 of even the elementary facts of insect life has been dealt with in my 

 paper on ' Some aspects of Economic Entomology in India," in S 

 he necessity has been indicated of the compilation of simple elementey 

 books on entomology m all the Indian vernaculars and of'the in rodui^ 

 tion of entomology as a subject for nature study in the primarythooTs. 

 A JculTu LrL ' T '''^T^*^"- t° ^^y that the publications of the 

 Agricdtural Department, however highly applauded and valued here 



body o the Indian agriculturists. Ift order to make my point clear 

 t IS only necessary to remind you of the small percentage of English- 

 knowing people in the country. The publication^, being in the Engl sh 

 anguage, can be expected to be read only by this small perceiSle 



foTmfe ::1T-V'' f '^' "'^^ "^"^ '^'^y ^« «-*-"^ '--i them. 

 1 foi one would be inchned to regard their number to be very small 



Memoirs, etc., this number is practically .//. Unfortunately it has to 



