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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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Philadelphia, Pa., April, 1896, 



DUST. 



One of the greatest " bug-a-boos" to the bugologist is dust. 

 Dust on the glass or the drawers of cabinets; dust on the boxes 

 containing insects; dust everywhere. Wooden cabinets, unless 

 extraordinarily well made, will admit large quantities of dust. 

 They are apt to warp, and the cracks in the back widen and dust 

 ■enters. Dust is not such a serious matter in private collections, 

 but in large museum collections, where it is hardly possible to 

 have some one constantly cleaning, it is a great nuisance. In 

 handling boxes or drawers one's fingers soon become black, and 

 often it is difficult to see through the glass of a drawer. The 

 entomological cabinet of the future, whether for drawers or boxes, 

 •will undoubtedly be made of metal (tinned sheet iron or alu- 

 minum) with a front of the same material closing on rubber. 

 Such a case is used by the ornithologists, and they find it a big 

 improvement over old methods. 



SiLK-PRODUCiNG Lepidoptera. — Dr. Dusuzeau, Directeur du Labora- 

 toire d'Etudes de la Sole, Rue St. Polycarpe 7, Lyon, France, desires to 

 obtain, either by way of exchange or purchase, specimens belonging to 

 the groups Saturnides, Bombycides, Lasiocampides, etc., from all parts 

 •of the world; the eggs, larvae and cocoons are also desired, together with 

 information of the food-plant. 



