1. Editor’s Foreword

   • Thomas R. Odhiambo

   Special Issue Advances in Research on Tropical Entomology 01 December 1987 Pages: 387 - 387

2. Pure Research and Science Policy in Tropical Developing Countries

   • Thomas R. Odhiambo

   Plenary Lectures I–III 01 December 1987 Pages: 391 - 395

3. Challenges Facing Agricultural Entomology in the Tropics

   • G. G. M. Schulten

   Plenary Lectures I–III 01 December 1987 Pages: 397 - 405

4. Development of Taxonomic Resources in the Tropics

   • Virendra K. Gupta

   Plenary Lectures I–III 01 December 1987 Pages: 407 - 412

5. Introduction

   • K. M. Harris

   Symposium I: Biosystematic Services for Entomology in the Tropics 01 December 1987 Pages: 415 - 415

6. Introduction and Statement of User Needs

   • K. M. Harris

   Symposium I: Biosystematic Services for Entomology in the Tropics 01 December 1987 Pages: 417 - 419

7. Fao’s Need for Biosystematic Services for Entomology in the Tropics

   • G. G. M. Schulten

   Symposium I: Biosystematic Services for Entomology in the Tropics 01 December 1987 Pages: 421 - 422

8. Biosystematic Studies in India—Progress, Prospects and Constraints

   • T. N. Ananthakrishnan

   Symposium I: Biosystematic Services for Entomology in the Tropics 01 December 1987 Pages: 423 - 424

9. Insect Biosystematic Services in Africa: Current Status and Future Prospects

   • J. Mark Ritchie

   Symposium I: Biosystematic Services for Entomology in the Tropics 01 December 1987 Pages: 425 - 432

10. Implications of Polymorphism in Thysanoptera

    • T. N. Ananthakrishnan

    Symposium II: Biotypes, Polymorphism and Co-evolution in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 435 - 439

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    • K. M. Harris

    Symposium II: Biotypes, Polymorphism and Co-evolution in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 441 - 445

12. Speciation Via Sexual Selection Versus Adaptive Evolution in Hawaiian Drosophila

    • Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro

    Symposium II: Biotypes, Polymorphism and Co-evolution in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 447 - 452

13. Biotypes of Insect Pests of Agricultural Crops

    • R. C. Saxena
    • A. A. Barrion

    Symposium II: Biotypes, Polymorphism and Co-evolution in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 453 - 458

14. Herbivores and Toxic Plants: Evolution of a Menu of Options for Processing Allelochemicals

    • Murray S. Blum
    • Douglas W. Whitman
    • Richard F. Arrendale

    Symposium II: Biotypes, Polymorphism and Co-evolution in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 459 - 463

15. Genetic Differentiation among Natural Populations of the Vector of Onchocerciasis, Simulium Ochraceum, in Guatemala

    • Takeshi Agatsuma

    Symposium II: Biotypes, Polymorphism and Co-evolution in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 465 - 469

16. Introduction

    • David L. Denlinger

    Symposium III: Life-History Traits in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 473 - 473

17. Tropical, Subtropical and Temperate Life Cycles in Ground Crickets

    • Sinzo Masaki
    • Issei Shirado
    • Atsushi Nagase

    Symposium III: Life-History Traits in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 475 - 481

18. Seasonality of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera:Carabidae) in the Rain Forests of N. Sulawesi (Indonesia)

    • Wilfried Paarmann
    • Nigel E. Stork

    Symposium III: Life-History Traits in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 483 - 487

19. How Moths Pass the Dry Season in a Costa Rican Dry Forest

    • D. H. Janzen

    Symposium III: Life-History Traits in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 489 - 500

20. Seasonal Life History Adaptations of a Neotropical Corn Borer, Diatraea Grandiosella

    • G. M. Chippendale
    • M. Z. Mahmalji

    Symposium III: Life-History Traits in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 501 - 506

21. Seasonality and its Physiological Regulation in Three Neotropical Insect Taxa from Barro Colorado Island, Panama

    • Seiji Tanaka
    • Henk Wolda
    • David L. Denlinger

    Symposium III: Life-History Traits in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 507 - 514

22. Reproductive Strategies for the Seasonal Tropics

    • R. E. Jones

    Symposium III: Life-History Traits in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 515 - 521

23. Flood-Resistance of Eggs and Life-Cycle Adaptation, a Survival Strategy of Neomachilellus Scandens (Meinertellidae, Archaeognatha) in Central Amazonian Inundation Forests

    • Joachim Adis
    • Helmut Sturm

    Symposium III: Life-History Traits in Tropical Insects 01 December 1987 Pages: 523 - 528

24. Migration Strategies and Outbreaks of Noctuid Pests in Australia

    • Roger A. Farrow
    • Garrick McDonald

    Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths 01 December 1987 Pages: 531 - 542

25. Migration and the Life History Strategy of the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera Frugiperda in the Western Hemisphere

    • S. J. Johnson

    Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths 01 December 1987 Pages: 543 - 549

26. The Use of Biogeographical Techniques in the Study of Migrant Noctuid Moths

    • Peter Onyango Odiyo

    Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths 01 December 1987 Pages: 551 - 559

27. The Role of Migration in the Life System of the African Armyworm Spodoptera Exempta

    • D. J. W. Rose
    • C. F. Dewhurst
    • L. D. C. Fishpool

    Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths 01 December 1987 Pages: 561 - 569

28. Research on the Migration of Oriental Armyworm in China and a Discussion of Management Strategy

    • Chen Ruilo
    • Bao Ziangshi

    Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths 01 December 1987 Pages: 571 - 572

29. Migration and Low Population Density in Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Life Histories

    • A. G. Gatehouse

    Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths 01 December 1987 Pages: 573 - 580

30. Physiological Correlates in Migratory Noctuids: The Velvetbean Caterpillar as a Model

    • Abner M. Hammond
    • Howard W. Fescemyer

    Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths 01 December 1987 Pages: 581 - 589

31. The True Armyworm, Pseudaletia Unipuncta: A Victim of the Pied Piper or a Seasonal Migrant?

    • Jeremy N. McNeil

    Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths 01 December 1987 Pages: 591 - 597

32. Windborne Migration of Heliothis Armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in India

    • D. E. Pedgley
    • M. R. Tucker
    • C. S. Pawar

    Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths 01 December 1987 Pages: 599 - 604

33. Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid moths: Summing up the Symposium

    • A. G. Gatehouse

    Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths 01 December 1987 Pages: 605 - 608

34. Distance Orientation of Biting Flies to Their Hosts

    • James F. Sutcliffe

    Symposium V: Host-Seeking Mechanisms of Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance 01 December 1987 Pages: 611 - 616

35. Host Defensive Behaviour and the Feeding Success of Mosquitoes

    • John D. Edman
    • Thomas W. Scott

    Symposium V: Host-Seeking Mechanisms of Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance 01 December 1987 Pages: 617 - 622

36. Regulation of Blood Gorging

    • Rachel Galun

    Symposium V: Host-Seeking Mechanisms of Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance 01 December 1987 Pages: 623 - 625

37. Sensilla of Haematophagous Insects Sensitive to Vertebrate Host-Associated Stimuli

    • Susan B. McIver

    Symposium V: Host-Seeking Mechanisms of Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance 01 December 1987 Pages: 627 - 635

38. Receptors Mediating Host-Seeking Behaviour in Mosquitoes and their Regulation by Endogenous Hormones

    • E. E. Davis
    • D. A. Haggart
    • M. F. Bowen

    Symposium V: Host-Seeking Mechanisms of Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance 01 December 1987 Pages: 637 - 641

39. Receptors Involved in Host Location and Feeding in Ticks

    • S. M. Waladde

    Symposium V: Host-Seeking Mechanisms of Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance 01 December 1987 Pages: 643 - 647

40. Pests, Development and Economics: some Thoughts on Research Evaluation

    • G. A. Norton

    Symposium V: Host-Seeking Mechanisms of Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance 01 December 1987 Pages: 649 - 651

41. Vector-Borne Diseases of man and their Socio-Economic impact

    • C. Pant

    Symposium VI: Economic Impact of Insects in the Tropics 01 December 1987 Pages: 655 - 664

42. Losses in Yield Due to Pests in Tropical Crops and Their Value in Policy Decision-Making

    • P. T. Walker

    Symposium VI: Economic Impact of Insects in the Tropics 01 December 1987 Pages: 665 - 671

43. Insect Pests and Postharvest Problems in the Tropics

    • C. P. F. de Lima

    Symposium VI: Economic Impact of Insects in the Tropics 01 December 1987 Pages: 673 - 676

44. Rice Crop Loss from Insect Pests in Wetland and Dryland Environments of ASIA With Emphasis on the Philippines

    • J. A. Litsinger
    • B. L. Canapi
    • R. C. Joshi

    Symposium VI: Economic Impact of Insects in the Tropics 01 December 1987 Pages: 677 - 692

45. Current Status of Conventional Insecticides in the Management of Stored Product Insect Pests in the Tropics

    • R. I. Egwuatu

    Symposium VII: Conventional and Novel Pesticides in Tropical Pest Management 01 December 1987 Pages: 695 - 701

46. Current Status of Conventional Insecticides in Stored Product insect Management in India

    • T. D. Yadav

    Symposium VII: Conventional and Novel Pesticides in Tropical Pest Management 01 December 1987 Pages: 703 - 707

47. Insecticides in the Management of Insect Vectors of Tropical Disease

    • C. F. Curtis
    • J. D. Lines

    Symposium VII: Conventional and Novel Pesticides in Tropical Pest Management 01 December 1987 Pages: 709 - 714

48. The Problem of Resistance to Insecticides in Tropical insect Pests

    • I. R. Kay
    • P. J. Collins

    Symposium VII: Conventional and Novel Pesticides in Tropical Pest Management 01 December 1987 Pages: 715 - 721

49. Recent Developments in the Application Machinery for Insect Pest Management, with Particular Reference to Small Scale Farmers in the Tropics

    • G. K. C. Nyirenda

    Symposium VII: Conventional and Novel Pesticides in Tropical Pest Management 01 December 1987 Pages: 723 - 729

50. Antifeedants in Tropical Pest Management

    • R. C. Saxena

    Symposium VII: Conventional and Novel Pesticides in Tropical Pest Management 01 December 1987 Pages: 731 - 736