Nov., *02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 277 



the surplus moisture removed with blotting paper. Lay a 

 clean piece of paper over the wing and place between the 

 leaves of a book and drj^ under pressure. 



When dry the wings separate easily from the paper and may 

 be fastened to a sheet of glass with an atom of shellac. Place 

 this sheet of glass in an ordinary photographic printing frame 

 with a sheet of sensitive paper, and place in the sun until the 

 paper turns dark and bronzy. On removing the paper the out- 

 line and veins of the wing are seen in exquisite detail in white 

 against the dark ground. 



Velox or any of the developing papers may be used and then 

 the work can be done in the evening. The prints are finished 

 in the usual way and may be mounted on cards or preserved 

 in an album, making a collection that is not only beautiful to 

 look at but also of scientific value as well. This process is 

 not confined to Lepidoptera alone. The wings of Odonata 

 make beautiful prints and need no preparation, the larger Dip- 

 tera and Hymenoptera give prints of remarkable clearness 

 which may be easily studied with a glass. 



Insect Enemies : A Matter of Taste. 



By F. M. Webster, Urbana, 111. 



The sajnng that " what is one man's meat is another man's 

 poison," may not apply exclusively to humans. The lower 

 animals have their individual idiosyncrasies as well as men. 



