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INS'l'I'J'U'L'J;~ AND UOIJI,EU I":, I'[;SA, Fott lDlIl-11. 11Th(' st1ldy of tllc life histories of injurious insects hasprogressed, a number of important pests having been rearedin the in~ecta,ry and their habits studied. Mr. Ghosh hasprepared a memoir on palm beetle,:;, and Mr. Dutt on ~()ll1eAculeate Hymenoptera. Other memoirs on life historiesaxe in preparation.The in~.;ect smvey of India has been continued as timepermits. Large collections have heen sent for study hyspeuiall::,:ts, and to the authors oj' volumes nf the " l;'tl,Ullil (,j'Inelin" serios. 111'. Nowl'oj('G has prepared a, memoir U11some aq nntic insects.The i llv('stign,ti(111 U f tlw dama.gu cansed by tl:'rmi tus(white-ants), started by Mr. L~~froy in co11aburatioll withMr. Evans, Deputy Director ()f Agriculture, NorthernCircle, Central Provinces, was uontinued by Mr. Fletcher.The latter oLlieer was also invited to tour with the Ra.ilwaySleeper Commission, Lo advise on the best methods ojrnducing the enormous losses caused on Indian railways bythese insects, n,nd is o