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3. Mosquitoes belonging to the sub-families anopheline and culicinæ are to be found throughout the Protectorate, but my collection consists of specimens caught entirely on the island of Tulagi, so that perhaps such specimens might not be considered fairly representative of the mosquitoes to be found in the group.
4. In my collection are to be found specimens of the two sub-families:--- (a) Anophelinæ. (b) Culicinæ.
Of the sub-family anopheline the specimens which I have collected appear to belong to the genus pyretophorus, the type being P. costalis.
Of the sub-family culicinæ I have collected specimens which appear to me to belong to two genera :—
(a) Genus culex.
(b) Genus stegomyia.
With regard to the specimens belonging to the genus stegomyia, the curved lines on each side of the thorax appear to be quite distinct, but the two yellow parallel lines in the centre are not clear.
5. I have placed specimens belonging to sub-family anopheline in a box marked A, specimens belonging to genus culex in a box marked B, and specimens belonging to (?) genus stegomyia in a box marked C.
6. I shall be interested to know whether the specimens in the box marked C belong to the genus stegomyia or not.
I have, &c.,
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Russian entomological literature in the "Review were better than any abstracts in Russian which appeared in that country. The Sub-Committee approved of the weekly payment to Mr. Hermer being increased to £2 5s.
4. The expenditure of a sum of £50 for the purchase of two microscopes with accessories, for the use of Mr. Waterston and the other Assistants in the Museum, was approved.
5. Mr. Marshall raised the question of providing Mr. Neave with a room in Elvaston Place, where it was proposed that he should spend half his time, the other half being devoted to identification work in the Museum. A convenient room was vacant in Elvaston Place on the floor above that which the Bureau had leased. The Director was authorised to take this room at a rent not exceeding £25 per annum. The expenditure of a sum of £50 for furniture was approved.
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Claims received from Mr. Simpson for camp equipment, freight of baggage, &c., were held over for further consideration. In the meantime, Mr. Marshall was requested to obtain from Mr. Simpson more detailed information as to equipment purchased and the nature of other items appearing in the claims. A claim for £4 8s. 4d. in respect of typing reports and preparation of photographs was passed.
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G. C. M. DAVIES,
Government Medical Officer.
His Britannic Majesty's Resident Commissioner, British Solomon Islands Protectorate.
No. 78.
IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY.
MINUTES OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE FINANCE SUB- COMMITTEE, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE AT 11 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY, 13TH MAY, 1914.
PRESENT:
Dr. HARMER (Chairman).
Sir DAVID PRAIN.
Mr. MARSHall.
Mr. NEAVE.
Mr. PARKINSON,
1. The minutes* of the fifteenth meeting were approved.
2. Mr. Marshall represented that additional assistance was required at Elvaston Place for typing, &c., now that Miss Bostock was to be transferred to the Museum for card index work, and that he needed in the Museum another boy to replace Mr. Wyatt, who could now assist Mr. Gotch in the sorting and distribution of insects.
The Sub-Committee approved of the engagement of a typist at 15s. a week, and a boy at 12s. 6d. to 15s. a week.
3. The payments to Mr. Hermer for translations from and into Russian had been fixed at £2 a week, but the work was increasing rapidly; it was mentioned that eleven new entomological stations were about to be opened in Russia-and the Director had been requested to consider whether a small addition could not be made to Mr. Hermer's fee. Incidentally Mr. Marshall remarked that Professor Kurdju- mov, when visiting the Bureau, had expressed the opinion that the abstracts of
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No. 79.
IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY.
MINUTES OF THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE SELECTION SUB-COM- MITTEE, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE AT 11.40 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY, 13TH MAY, 1914.
PRESENT:
Mr. READ (Chairman). Colonel ALCOCK. Professor LEFROY.
Dr. MACDOUGALL.
Mr. MARSHALL.
Mr. NEAVE.
Mr. PARKINSON.
1. The minutes* of the Fifth Meeting were approved.
2. It was reported to the Sub-Committee that both Dr. Spurrell and Dr. Gough, who were provisionally selected in that order for the post of Travelling Entomologist in East Africa in succession to Mr. Neave, were unable to take up the appointment. The Sub-Committee had, therefore, to consider the applications of Mr. Bacot, Entomologist to the Lister Institute, and Dr. Lamborn, Entomologist to the Government of Nigeria. It was stated that Dr. Lamborn, whose applications had been rejected at the previous meeting only on the ground that he had but recently taken up his appointment in Nigeria, had decided in any event to resign at the end of his present tour of service. The Sub-Committee were entirely agreed that he would be eminently suitable for the post of Travelling Entomologist in East Africa, and it was decided that the appointment should be offered to him on the same terms as had been agreed upon at the previous meeting for Dr. Spurrell.
3.
The question of Carnegie scholarships held over from the last meeting was considered. Mr. Tothill having withdrawn his application, Mr. Champion and Mr. Speyer remained on the list. It was pointed out that funds would be available for four scholarships for the rest of the current year, and that there would be no difficulty in continuing scholarships next year to an equal number of students. Mr. Read emphasised the desirability of offering these scholarships to young men who would form a "reserve" of entomologists on whom the Colonial and Indian Governments could draw Mr. Champion was already selected for an appointment in the Indian Forestry service; and Mr. Speyer was to go out to Ceylon to investigate the shot-hole borer, so that when these gentlemen had completed their work in America, they would not be available for the Colonial service. It was, however, decided that scholarships should be allocated to Mr. Champion and Mr. Speyer, and that Mr. Corbett and Mr. Hargreaves, whose names Professor Lefroy submitted to
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