^'^OTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Inquiries about insects should always be accompanied by speci- 

 mens of the insects, and of their work, also, if possible. Without 

 specimens, our answers must often be indefinite and unsatisfactory. 

 Send as full an account as possible of the habits of the insect about 

 which information is wanted. Living insects can be safely sent by 

 mail if enclosed in sniall, tight tin or wooden boxes; no air holes 

 are necessary. Do not use pasteboard boxes nor enclose the speci- 

 mens in an envelope with the letter of inquiry; such specimens, if 

 they- reach us at all, are usually crushed beyond recognition. Speci- 

 men's can be sent in tightly corked glass bottles inserted in holes 

 bored in blocks of wood or placed in wooden mailing cases made 

 for this purpose. The space not occupied by the insects should be 

 filled with some of their food. The postage on such packages is one 

 cent per ounce. The name of the sender should be placed on the 

 package. 



Address all communications about insects, with the accompany- 

 ing specimens, to 



M. y. SLINGERLAND, 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



