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Olume 109 (Part-3) Year 2009 ~7Lltt INVITATION of NOMINATIONS for the NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS for PITAMBER PANT NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FELLOWSHIP and DR - olume 109 (Part-3) Year 2009 ~7lltt INVITATION OF NOMINATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS FOR PITAMBER PANT NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FELLOWSHIP AND DR. B.P. PAL NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FELLOWSHIP AWARD FOR BIODIVERSITY FOR THE YEAR 2009 Applications are invited from Indian Nationals for the following fellowships: (i) Pitamber Pant National Environment Fellowship Awards for the year 2009. Cii) Dr. B.P. Pal National Environment Fellowship Awards for Biodiversity for the year 2009· These National Fellowships are given each year to one scientist/expert and are instituted in recognition of significant Research and Development contributions made by the scientist/expert and to encourage him/her to continue R&D pursuits in the area of environmental sciences and biodiversity, respectively. Nominees should not be more than 60 years on the date of application or the last date fixed for submission of application. Application for both the fellowships should be supported by at least two Fellows of the National Academy of Science/Engineeing/ Agriculture. The duration of the fellowship is for a period of two years. The details of the fellowship award, procedure and proforma for submitting research proposal as well as the terms and conditions are given in the guidelines (for Pitamber Pant Fellowship and B.P. Pal Fellowship) available on the website of the Ministry (www.envfor.nic.in). The nominee should also submit his/her application in the prescribed proforma for nomination (ANNEXURE) for both the awards. Applications complete in all respects should be sent by registered A.D. Post in 10 copies and one set of reprints and other documentary evidence of achievements in a confidential sealed cover by 30th December, 2009, addressed to : ~t~ t -~~II The Advisor (Dr. G.V. Subramanayam) RE-Division Ministry of Environment and Forests Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex Lodi Road, New Delhi-ll0003 Records of the Zoological Survey of India Volume l09(Part-3) Edited by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata M ~...•.. 1~~ Zoological Survey of India Kolkata 2009 D:/Folder=d to=c/East India/ZSIIZSI(Rec-'09)-109/Cont-109(Part-3)-09.p65(m-4)1 CITATION Editor-Director. 2009. Rec. zoo1. Surv. India, 109(Part-3) : i-viii, 1-116 (Published by the Director, Zoo1. Surv. 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PRICE India: Rs. 250.00 Foreign: $ 0.00; £ 0.00 Published at the Publication Division by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, 234/4, A J C Bose Road, 2nd MSO Building, (13th Floor), Nizam Palace, Kolkata-700 020 and printed at East India Photo Composing Centre, Kolkata-700 006. D:/Folder=d to=c/East India/ZSIIZSI(Rec-'09)-109/Cont-109(Part-3)-09.p65(m-4)2 RECORDS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA Vol. 109(Part -3) 2009 Pages 1-116 CONTENTS Pages Gopi, K.C. and Radhakrishnan, C. - Charles Darwin: A Biogeographer Par Excellence and A Figurehead of Rational Science 1-4 Sanyal, A.K. - A new subgenus and two new species of the family Oppiidae (Acarina: Oribatida) from India 5-9 Sureshan, P.M. and Sambath, S. - Mantid (Insecta: Mantodea) Fauna of old Bihar (Bihar and lharkhand) with some new records for the state 11-26 MandaI, C.K. - Haemadipsa Anaigundensis sp. nov. (Hirudinea: Haemadipsidae) a new species of Leech from Tamil Nadu, India 27-31 Sharma, R.M. and Chandra, Kailash - First report of the occurrence of some rare Butterflies (Lepidoptera : Rhopalocera) from Chhattisgarh, Central India 33-36 Srinivasan, G. and Kumar, P. Girish - Taxonomic studies of the Hover Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vesipidae; Stenogastrinae) of Arunachal Pradesh, India 37-40 Sharma, B.K. and Sumita Sharma - Biodiversity and distribution of freshwater Rotifers (Rotifera : Eurotatoria) of Tamil Nadu 41-60 Varadaraju - Ecology, Faunal diversity and Habitat Management strategies of Amphibians and Reptiles of Sunderban 61-78 Babu, R. and Nandy, Supriya - A comparative review of three closely related Calicnemia speices - C. Pulverulans Selys, C. Imitans Lifetinck and C. Sudhaae Mitra (Odonata : Zygoptera : Platycnemididae) 79-84 Najam, K.A. Ahad, Siddique, M.S., Deshpande, V.D. and Sharma, R.M. - A new species of the genus Camptomyia Kieffer (Diptera : Cecidomyiidae : Porricondylinae) from Maharashtra, India 85-89 Mathew, Rosamma and Sen, Nibedita - Description of a new species of Leptobrachium Tschudi, 1838, (Amphibia : Anura : Megophryidae) from Meghalaya, India 91-107 Kazmi, S.l. and Hayat Mohammad - Description of a new species and new record including some known species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India 109-114 Short Communication Mondal, S.B. and Babu, R. - First record of Rhinocypha Trifasciata selys from Maharashtra, India (Odonata : Zygoptera : Chlorocyphidae) 115-116 COMPUTERISED DATA ON NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION The National Zoological Collections comprising nearly 15,000 types are housed in the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta and are properly maintained. All these specimens have Registration numbers and are readily available for study as and when required. 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