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Ronald A. Senior-White (1891–30 October 1954) was an English entomologist and malariologist who worked in India and Ceylon. His entomological studies concerned Diptera, especially the mosquitoes.

Biography

Little is know of Senior-White's life. He moved to Ceylon in his youth and became interested in mosquitoes. He moved to Calcutta, India and served as a malariologist with the Bengal Nagpur Railway. He collected diptera and wrote extensively. He wrote the volume on Calliphoridae in the Fauna of British India series. He collaborated with Daphne Aubertin and John Smart (1907-1986) of the natural history department of the British Museum. He joined the Indian Medical Service and rose to the rank of Major. He retired and took up a position in Trinidad, studying Anopheles species (esp. A. apuasalis).^[1] He was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1928.

Publications

On entomology (Diptera)

Indian Diptera (MemAgr) (1922)
New Ceylon Diptera (Part II). Spolia Zeylan. 13: 195–206. (1922)
Notes on Indian Diptera. 1. Diptera from the Khasia Hills. 2. Tabanidae in the collection of the forest zoologist. 3. New species of Diptera from the Indian Region. Mem. Dep. Agric. India Entomol. Ser. 7: 83–170. (1922)[This work was issued as an entire fascicle (No. 9) and is preceded by 6 pages consisting of title page and other matter.]
The Muscidae testaceae of the Oriental Region. (With descriptions of those found within Indian limits.). Spolia Zeylan. 12: 294–314. (1923)
A revision of the sub-family Sarcophaginae in the Oriental Region. Rec. Indian Mus. 26: 193–283. (1924).
New and little known Oriental Tachinidae. Spolia Zeylan. 13: 103–19. (1924).
A revision of the sub-family Calliphorinae in the Oriental Region. Rec. Indian Mus. 28: 127–40. (1926.)
With D. Aubertin & J. Smart Diptera. Family Calliphoridae. In: Sewell, R.B.S., ed., The fauna of British India, including the remainder of the Oriental Region. Vol. VI. Taylor & Francis, Ltd., London. xii + 288 p. (1940).

On malaria

Physical factors in mosquito ecology. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 16, 187–248. (1926)
With Knowles, Robert, Malaria: Its Investigation and Control, with Special Reference to Indian Conditions. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. ( 1927).
With Hackett L.W., Russell P.F. and Scharff JW The present use of naturalistic measures in the control of malaria. Bulletin of the Health Organisation of the League of Nations, Vol 7, pp 1046–1064. (1938)
With Adhikari AK, On malaria transmission around the Chilika lake. J. Mal. Inst. India 2: 395–423. (1939).
On the anthrophilic indices of some Anopheles found in east central India. Indian J. Malariol. 1947; 1 : 111–222. (1947)
With Kirkpatrick, T.W.Transport of insects on the exterior of aircraft. Nature 164 (1949) 60 – 61. (1949).
Studies on the bionomics of Anopheles aquasalis Curry, 1932. Part I. Indian J. Malariol. 5: 293–403. (1951).
Studies on the bionomics of Anopheles aquasalis Curry, 1932. Part II. Ind J Mal 6: 30–72. (1951).
With Das Gupta, B.M. Studies in the parasitology of malaria. Indian Med. Res. Memoirs No. 18:1–436. (1930).

References

^ Buxton, P.A. (1965). "Presidential Address". Proc. Entomol. Soc. London. 19 (11): 69. doi:10.1111/j.1946-150X.1955.tb01297.x.

[1] Buxton, P.A. (1965). "Presidential Address". Proc. Entomol. Soc. London. 19 (11): 69. doi:10.1111/j.1946-150X.1955.tb01297.x.

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 ==Biography==
-Little is know of Senior-White's life. He moved to Ceylon in his youth and became interested in mosquitoes. He moved to Calcutta, India and served as a malariologist with the Bengal Nagpur Railway. He collected diptera and wrote extensively. He wrote the volume on Calliphoridae in the Fauna of British India series. He collaborated with [[Daphne Aubertin]] and John Smart (1907-1986) of the natural history department of the British Museum. He joined the Indian Medical Service and rose to the rank of Major. He retired and took up a position in Trinidad, studying ''Anopheles'' species (esp. ''A. apuasalis'').<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Buxton, P.A.| title=[Presidential Address]]|journal=Proc. Entomol. Soc. London |volume=19|page=69|year=1965|doi=10.1111/j.1946-150X.1955.tb01297.x}}</ref> He was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1928.
+Little is know of Senior-White's life. He moved to Ceylon in his youth and became interested in mosquitoes. He moved to Calcutta, India and served as a malariologist with the Bengal Nagpur Railway. He collected diptera and wrote extensively. He wrote the volume on Calliphoridae in the Fauna of British India series. He collaborated with [[Daphne Aubertin]] and John Smart (1907-1986) of the natural history department of the British Museum. He joined the Indian Medical Service and rose to the rank of Major. He retired and took up a position in Trinidad, studying ''Anopheles'' species (esp. ''A. apuasalis'').<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Buxton, P.A.| title=Presidential Address|journal=Proc. Entomol. Soc. London |volume=19| issue=11|page=69|year=1965|doi=10.1111/j.1946-150X.1955.tb01297.x}}</ref> He was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1928.
 ==Publications ==
 ===On entomology (Diptera)===

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