15. Oktober 1886. 



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No. 13. 



I. Jahrgang. 



Societas entomologica. 



Journal de la Societe entomologique 

 internationale. 



Toutes les corrcspondances devront eire adressees 

 ä Mr. le piesklent Fritz Rühl ü Zurich-Hottingen. 



Messieurs les membres de la soeiete sont pries d'en- 

 voyer des eontributionsdriginale&pourlapartiescienti- 

 fique du Journal. 



Organ für den internationalen 



Entomologenverein. 



Alle Zuschriften au den Verein sind an den Vor- 

 stand desselben Herrn Fritz Kühl in Zürich -Hot- 

 tingen zu richten. Die Herren Mitglieder des Ver- 

 eins sind freundlich ersucht, Original beitrage für 



den wissenschaftlichen Theil des Blattes einzusenden. 



Organ for the International-Entomolo- 

 gical Society. 



All letters for the Society are to he dirceted to Mr. 

 Fritz Rühl ai Zürich-Hottingen. The Hon. members of 



the Society are kindly requeste'd to send original 

 contributions for the scientific part of the paper. 



Some notions about Caucasus. 



It is a fact, that the enthusiasm for natural 

 sciences has gradually increased during the last 

 ten years. Numerous discoveries have been made 

 upon this ground, litterature has been enrichened 

 with new works, the number of naturalists has 

 doubled, if not tripled, and all this has undoubted- 

 ly contributed to widen the circle of the know- 

 ledge itself. 



Nowadays, expeditions into the wide world 

 are frequently spoken of in the papers, as orga- 

 nized either by scientific iristitutions or even by 

 private persons, but it is not yet all. Indefatigable 

 tourists are undertaking by themselves long tra- 

 vels, and there are but few spots on the earth, 

 that have not been trodden by the foot of the 

 naturalist, so striking and feverish is the general 

 desire to procure new materials to the science. 



But it is surprising indeed, that whilst so many 

 travellers are going to Africa, Asia on the con- 

 trary attracts very few of them, to mention China, 

 Persia, Sibiria, and particularly the Caucasus, just 

 the country of my predilection, that is almost un- 

 known and unvisited tili to day. 



And as I spent there a long time, and had the 

 occasion of convincing myself personally, that it is 

 indeed a California, a promised land for the natura- 

 list, I was not little astonished to see how neglected 

 and rather avoided it was by travellers. 



But I found soon the key of the riddle. It lay 

 in false reports of all sorts of peril and danger, 

 that have been so liberally spread about Caucasus, 

 and that I verified by my own experience to be 

 dreadfully exaggerated, as to the murderous climate, 

 the fiendly disposition of the natives against 

 strangers, their rudeness and barbarity and so on. 



It would be even difficult to enumerate all 

 the absurdities that have been written and published 

 on this aecount by some tourists. Beyond false 

 reports proeeeding from ignorance of the language 



and local circumstances, or from improper inform- 

 ations, it is easy to guess still other motives. For, 

 evidently, the greater part of such descriptions has 

 been chiefiy founded upon effect, the purpose of 

 the author having been to represent himself in 

 the light an uncommon hero, in order to interest 

 the reader with his adventures and at the same 

 time to make his own name celebrated about 

 the world. 



It is true, that there are authors, to which 

 we are indebted for very precious indications, 

 such as we find for instance in the publications 

 of the Statistical club in Tiflis, containing every 

 Information, that may be of use and need to the 

 naturalist. But unfortunately it is written in Rus- 

 sian, printed with Russian print called „Graz- 

 danka" and therefore lost for the foreigners of 

 the west, who generally do not have any idea 

 either of the language or of the print. Therefore 

 the second reason, why so many travellers prefer 

 going to America or Africa than to Caucasus, is 

 the want of proper informations, as well as total 

 ignorance as to the ways of communication, and 

 the costs of the journey and sojourn. 



Considering all this, I determined to state the 

 prineipal characteristical touches of the place, as 

 well as some practical informations, gathered by 

 my own experience. 



Ad. Sulima of U/anowski. 



Ueber Raupenkrankheiten. 



S'eit circa vier Jahren musste ich die bittere 

 Erfahrung machen, dass mir meine Zuchten von 

 verschiedenen Saturniaarten, fast sämmtlich durch 

 Pilze zu Grunde gingen, und zwar waren es vor- 

 zugsweise die Species Att. Cynthia, Anth. Pernyi, 

 und Sat. Pavonia, welche zuerst davon betroffen 

 wurden, Plat. Ceeropin, Att. Atlas widerstanden 

 der Krankheit länger, doch auch diese starben, 

 kurze Zeit vor ihrer Verwandlung;. 



