20 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 
ORTHOPTERA.—-A case of Orthoptera, forwarded from America more than 
a year ago, has just reached me, on account of the recent war, and the 
obstruction of freight on the railways centering in Paris. As it was — 
undoubtedly stored in damp places, a large proportion of the specimens 
were covered with mould, some of them so as to be quite invisible. They 
had, however, suffered very unequally. On examination, I found that 
specimens which had been pinned in some Paris-made pasteboard boxes, 
with cork bottoms, had suffered most; those contained in wooden boxes 
lined with cork much less so, although still presenting a very unsightly 
appearance ; while those placed in two wooden boxes, lined with aloe-pith, 
instead of cork, were entirely uninjured. The position of the boxes in the 
case seemed to have nothing to do with their immunity, as they were not 
beside each other. 
I would, therefore, recommend the use of aloe-pith for the lining of 
insect boxes when they are to be used for distant transportation—espe- 
cially by water. -. SAMUEL H. SCUDDER. 
Menton, France, Dec. 15, 1871. 
Kirpys BRITISH-AMERICAN INsEcTs.—The types of the species de- 
scribed by Kirby (which we are now reprinting) in the Fauna Boreal 
Americana, are still in existence, we are glad to learn, at the British 
Museum. 
CRAB APPLES.—Do not start, Entomological reader; this is not the 
name of a new species of insect, but we do not know where else to 
acknowledge the receipt of a little box of “ Marengo Winter Siberian 
Crab-apples,” sent us by Messrs. Andrews, Herendeen & Jones, of Geneva, 
N.Y. They are pretty in appearance, pleasant in taste, and are said to 
especially excel in the quality of keeping. 
AGENTS FOR THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Canapa.—E. B. Reed, London, Ont.; W. Couper, Naturalist, Montreal, 
P.Q.; G. J. Bowles, Quebec, P. Q.; J. Johnston, Canadian Institute, 
Toronto, Ont. 
UNITED STATES.—The American Naturalist’s Book Agency, Salem, Mass.; 
J..Y. Green, Newport, Vt.; W. V. Andrews, Roomiguy, Nos} 
Broadway, New York. 
