ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADKMV or NATUKAL SCtSNCn. rHILADKL^mA. 



Vol. XXVI. 



APEIL, 1915* 

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No. 4. 



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A New Pin f^^*- M'^nting Insects. 

 By Harry B. Weiss. unswick, New Jersey. 



(Ptoto V) 



On March 17. 191 4, there wms issued to Mr. Marvin H. 

 Mead, of Passaic. N. J., by the United States Patent Ofike, a 

 patent covering certain improvements in mounts for sped- 

 mens. These improvements should not be without interest to 

 those engaged in entomological work rcduirinfy the care, 

 mounting or exhibition of insects. 



Briefly, the apparatus consists of a vertically supported pin 

 bearing a small cube of cork. Through this cork runs a hori- 

 zontal support having, at its distal end, a prong which is 

 thrust into the ventral surface of the thorax. The opposite 

 end of this horizontal support after it leaves the cork is bent 

 to form a little crank, by means of which the specimen can 

 be readily turned, exposing all parts of its surface for inspec- 



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