240 DR. E. P. PHILLIPS 



The Avell dried specimens are now each supplied with 

 a locality label and then arranged in the insect box 

 as explained for Lepidoptera, with this difference, that 

 the specimens of the same species are usually arranged in 

 horizontal rows within the columns and not in vertical 

 rows as is generally done in the former group. 



Some collectors poison the beetles with coiTOsive sub- 

 limate to prevent them from being eaten by other insects, 

 but I prefer to rely on well fitting boxes and the use of 

 ample naphthaline, as the sublimate may crystallize on 

 the outside, thus spoiling the appearance of the beetle; 

 moreover it tends to corrode the pins. 



Adaptations for the Dispersal of Fruits and Seeds. 



By E. P. Phillips, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S., Division of 

 Botany, Pretoria. 



In 1894 Dr. R. :Marloth, then President of the South 

 African Philosophical Society, chose as his Presidential 

 Address a subject entitled '' On the Cleans of the Dis- 

 tribution of seeds in the South African Flora". The 

 writer in 1913 gave an illustrated lecture on the same 

 subject to the Members of the Cape Town Section of the 

 Mountain Club of Soutli Africa and a resume of the 

 lecture was published in the ^' ^lountain Club Annual '^ 

 for 1913. 



The studying and recording of the various adaptations 

 for dispersal found in fruits and seeds will never lose 

 its fascination for naturalists and not withstanding that 

 the subject has been treated so fully by Dr. Marloth it 

 may not be out of ])lace to bring it before members of the 

 Society. Dr. Marloth's account is not generally available 

 and the present short sketch may serve not only to open 



