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ENTOMO LOGICAL NEWS. 



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Philadelphia, Pa., November, 1898. 



On Sending Insects by Mail or Express. For Professors of Ento- 

 mology, Specialists, Experiment Station Entomologists, Begin- 

 ners and Others. 



We receive so many insects in a broken condition, especially 

 those sent to the News for determination, that we think a few- 

 words on packing and transportation will be appropriate. We 

 also think we should receive some reward for our trouble in 

 naming and not be compelled to drop the specimens in the waste 

 basket. Never send pinned or spread specimens in a 

 single box without an outer cover. Have the box which is 

 to contain the specimens as light in weight as is consistent with 

 strength ; a good plan is to glue little square uprights in each 

 corner of the box, and these will help support the lid and will 

 stand great pressure. Have the box lined with quarter-inch 

 cork, compressed cork or yucca pith. Drive the pins well in ; 

 should one heavy specimen become loose it will ruin all the rest. 

 Have the box proportionate to the number of your specimens, 

 and pin them as closely as you can without injury. This box 

 should then be placed in a larger one and the space between the 

 two filled all around with some springy material, such as hay, 

 cotton, excelsior packing, etc., loosely packed in. Don't use 

 an outer box without having sufficient space between it 

 and the inner, as it is a waste of time and money and it will be 

 useless. Don't pack the springy material so tightly between 

 the boxes that it will do no good as a preventive of jarring. 



