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Philadelphia, Pa., October, 1900. 



During the last ten j^ears great progress has been made in 

 entomological illustrative work by the aid of photography. 

 The advantage of photographic methods is cheapness and 

 mechanical accuracy of definition. The pos.sibilities for im- 

 provement are still great, and the future is therefore most 

 promising. As competition increa.ses, the co.st of the new 

 three-color process will undoubtedly be materially lessened, 

 and increased familiarity with this kind of work will increase 

 its value and effectiveness. When three-color work is made 

 from color drawings the originals should be prepared in such 

 a manner as to produce the best results. We have lately seen 

 some truly superb half-tone results in the illustration of 

 moths,* and we are pleased to see that these insects are likely 

 to be well figured in the future, f We are sorry to have seen 

 a most miserable half-tone of moths in a recent number of an 

 American journal of entomology. The copy was excellent, 

 and the half-tones should have been made and printed in this 

 city. The cost would have been the same and the result en- 

 tirely different. Those who have access to the " Iris" should 

 look at the magnificent plate mentioned. 



* See " Iris," Dresden, Bd. xiii. Taf. iv. . 



t See Smith on Xylma, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. xxvii, No i. 



