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Philadelphia, Pa., June, 1901. 



We publish this month some letters received in regard to the 

 shipping of insects, because we believe they will have a good 

 effect and call attention to the great carelessness of American 

 entomologists in regard to entomological technic. It is true 

 that we will always have the careless and .slipshod collector as 

 well as those that are careful and neat ; but the careless can 

 learn and improve, and the average condition of collections 

 may be raised to a higher standard. To be personal in illus- 

 tration, we wish that all Coleopterists could see the collection 

 of Mr. H. W. Wenzel of Philadelphia, and all Lepidopterists 

 the collection of Dr. Strecker of Reading. Many persons, how- 

 ever, do excellent work in entomology who have not the time 

 to look after details. 



We wish to call attention to the valuable address of the 

 President of the Entomological Society of London.* 



Is is full of strong, common-sense points in regard to de- 

 scriptions, types, orthography, etc., and should be of interest 

 to all entomologists. 



I RAISED Thecla martealis this season from full grown larvae at Miami, 

 Florida. The food plant was a tropical shrub Trema micraniha, the 

 larva a dull green with no markings, the whole upper surface covered 

 thickly with short bristle-like hairs of pure white, giving the larva a frosted 

 appearance. — Annie Trumbull Slosson. 



* Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., pt. v, 1900. 



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