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Philadelphia, Pa., April, 1898. 



LOANING SPECIMENS FOR STUDY. 

 This is a subject with which societies, institutions and individ- 

 uals frequently are obliged to contend. The object of our study- 

 should be to advance its interests, and from this standpoint the 

 best use that can be made of specimens is to have them studied 

 and put in scientific order. One man says: "The types in Phila- 

 delphia might as well be in Central Africa unless they are loaned 

 for study." Space will not permit us to discuss this subject at 

 any length. Now, what is our experience — the experience of 

 thirty years. Some of the loaned material comes back in good 

 order. Some comes back ruined, with such a mixture of heads, 

 abdomens and legs that only on insect resurrection day might it 

 be possible to make an allotment of these parts. Some never 

 come back at all, as they are actually stolen. It seems that there 

 are comparatively few entomologists in America who know how 

 to pack insects for shipment and many others seem to know 

 almost nothing about physics, as packing on two sides of a box 

 seems to content them. Knowing these facts it is almost impos- 

 sible to discriminate among systematic workers. 



Too smart for the city folks. — "Me an' the boys was workirT 

 'roun' the bee-hives, when one of them there dressed-up city gals comes 

 up to the fence an' she sez : 'You have a nice apee-ary, sir.' 'No, 

 maam,' sez I. ' I haven't no ape-e-ary — all the apes there is 'roun' here 

 comes from the city,' sez I." — Harper's Weekly. 



