15. Oktober 1894. 



HOS/ 22 iöL'7 



M 14. 



IX. Jahrgang. 



Societas entomologica. 



Journal de la Soci6t6 entomologique 

 internationale. 



„Societas Entomologica" pre?rünilet ISSG von Fritz Kühl, fortg-cfiihrt von soinc Krbpn mitor Mitwirluinff liciloiilontier Kntoiiiolo;;cn und iiiisffo- 

 iieichnoter Fticbrotinncr. 



Org^an für den internationalen 



Entomologen verein. 



I 



Toutes les correspondjinoes dovront f-tro ndresst'os AIU' Zuschriften an den Verein sind an Herrn 



aux härltlers de Mr. Fritz RUhl H Zurich-Hottingen. Fritz RUhl*s Erben in Zürich-HottIngen zu riohtiMi. 



Messieurs les membres de la societt' sont pries d'en- Die Herren Mitglieder des Vereins werden t'round- 

 vojerdesoontributionsoriErinalespourlapartiosoienti- liehst ersucht, OriginalboitrÜg-e für den Wissenschaft-, send orig'intil eontribuiinns for tho scientific part 

 f\>\ue du Journal. | liehen Theil des Blattes einzusenden. |of the paper. 



Jährlicher Beitrag' für Mitg-üeder U» Fr. =^ 5 fl. - 8 Mk. — Die Mitglieder genicssen das Ucelit, alle auf Entomologie Jtczuir noliniendcn Auniinccn 

 kostenfrei zu inseriren. — Das VereinsblatI erscheint monatlich zwei Mal (am 1. und ir>.l. — Mit und nach dem 1. Oktober eintretende neue Mitglieder 

 bezahlen, unter portofreiem Nachbezug der Nummern des Winterhalbjahres, nur die Hälfte des Jahresbeitrages- 



Organ for the Internationat-r ■•tomolo- 

 gical Society. 



AU lettcrs for the Soci^Ly aro to be directcd tu Mr 

 Fritz RUhl's inheritors at ZUrich-Hottingen. The 

 flon. nicmbera of the Society are kindly rofinowtcd to 



Hints on sending lepidoptera by post or rail. 



bj- Frank Broniilow. F. E. S. 



ÄS tbis is n subject of iinicb importance to col- 

 lectovs and entomologists generally, J have thought 

 that a few uotes iiiuler the above head may, perbaps, 

 be acceptable. To begiii with, the sending of 



by post, first daims attention. Wben wishing to 

 forward eggs by post, it is of great importance 

 that tbey should be gatbered, if possible, wheu 

 fresbly laid, otherwise tbere is miicb risk of the 

 young caterpillars hatching out from tlie ova en 

 voijage, and probably perishing. Those parts of the 

 plant on which the eggs are deposited, should be 

 carefully clipped off, and put into a sqnare (never 

 round) tin box (one such as is used for mustard, 

 by choice); or the ova may be cut out and gummed 

 on to paper, put into a small card pill-box, or into 

 a quill, the ends being plugged with cork, and the 

 Space between the pill-box or quill and the outside 

 box, filled up with cotton-wool, then a hole should 

 be bored in the side of the tin, (never the lid, whicli 

 might couie off), near either end, and a piece of 

 streng cord or string inserted, firmly secured to the 

 tin-box by a knot at the end. After this, a parch- 

 ment label with the address of the intended reci- 

 pient, the narae of the sender, and a specification 

 of the object sent, should be affixed to the other 

 end. Parchment labeis are stronger than any other. 

 The thin should then be wrapped round with wad- 

 ding, about an inch in thickness, covered over witH 

 paper, and the address written a second time. It is 



important that the ticket should be made thorouglily 

 seeure, otherwise it is quite possible tliat the laliel 

 may get detached from the packet, aud your cor- 

 respondent, iiistead of receiviug a nice little parcel, 

 will only get the label: a thing which happoned to 

 an acquaintance of mine, (tlirough my negligence), 

 not very long siuce! If you have reason to suspect 

 that your packet is likely to become the object of 

 a too inquisitive attention on the part of 'the post- 

 office authorities, it is advisable to write on the 

 ticket „Natural History specimens" instead of ,Eggs" 

 or „Living larvae", etc. This has the merit of strict 

 adherence to the truth, without a too rigid particu- 

 larisation of facts. If the parcel is of value, it can 

 be registered at the post-office,' as an additional pre- 

 caution — but this is not recommended in the case 

 of living caterpillars, for iustauce. When sending 

 lepidoptera — either ova, larvae, pupae, or imagiues, 

 always write to the consignee first, saying that you 

 are forwarding so-and-so. 



Larvae. 



Catorpillars should be treated much in the sarae 

 way as eggs, i. e. simply placed in a small tin ca- 

 nister, with a sufficient supply of the larvae"s gro- 

 wing food-plant, being afterwards well packed aud 

 labelled. If the distance to which the caterpillars 

 are to be sent, is a long one, tlie packet may be 

 marked „Immediate". 



Pupae. 



Chrysalids are best put up separately in little 

 paper packets, forwarded in a stroug woodeu box, 

 well packed with cotton-wool. The whole should be 

 covered over with paper, adressed, and the label 



