I. Januar 1887. 



22 isy? 



No. 18. 



I. Jahrgang. 



Societas entomologica. 



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Journal de la Societe entomologique 

 internationale. 



Toutes lcs correspondances devront etre adressces 

 ä Mr. le President Fritz Rühl ä Zurich-Hottingen. 

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

 voyei' des contributions originales pourlapartie sei enti- 

 fique du Journal. 



Organ für den internationalen 

 Entomologen verein. 



Alle Zuschriften an den Verein sind an den Vor- 

 stand desselben Herrn Fritz Rühl in Zürich -Hot- 

 tingen zu i'ichten. Die Herren Mitglieder des Ver- 

 eins sind freundlich ersucht, Originalbeiträge für 



den wissenschaftlichen Theil des Blattes einzusenden. 



Organ for the International-Entomolo- 

 gical Society. 



All letters for the Society are to be directed to Mr. 

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

 the Society are kindly requested to send original 

 eontributions for the scientific part of the paper. 



Some notions about Caucasus. 



Yet one must not be too chivalrous for ladies — 

 it concerns of course only the local tribes — it is 

 better not to mind the pretty faces, not to care 

 for the friendship, with which they are ready to 

 overwhelm you, which is rather curiosity and 

 coquettry, because it is too easy to fall into a 

 conflict, and too diffieult to get safely out of it. 

 Women are very scarce about Caucasus, therefore 

 their value is high, in the sense of the value of 

 a domestic beast or utensile, but at all events 

 they are jealously guarded and watched. The 

 least provocation in this regard may lead to a 

 catastrophe. 



And now to close with ciphers. The journey 

 from the haven of Odessa, along the beautiful coast 

 of Crimea, to Poti, or Batum, which lasts by sea 

 four clays, costs 2nd class 30 roulles with eating 

 and sleeping. By land, through Stawropol and 

 Wladikawkaz, not very much more. The railway 

 from Poti or Batum, through Tiflis to Baku 3rd 

 class 15 roubles. A room in a first-rate hotel in 

 prineipal towns 1 rouble — in a second rate IVa 

 or 2 roubles. Dinner with a bottle of capital 

 wine in first-rate restaurants 1 — IVa rouble. A 

 horse from 80—120 roubles, a mule from 20—30, 

 an ass from 8 — 12 roubles. A wollen dress for 

 a gentleman 30—40 roubles, a bourka 10 roubles, 

 with embroidery and Ornaments 15, 20 tili 30 

 roubles. 



A double barelled gun 40 roubles , a 

 carabin of the system Pibodi-Marrini or Berdan 

 15, 20, 25, — the same occasionally at the natives 

 3 — 10 roubles, a revolver 15 roubles. 



Taking in consideration these ciphers, the costs 

 of a sojourn of six months, with travelling from 

 Odessa, present themselves as follows : 



The steamboat from Odessa to Poti or 



Batum, to and fro 60 roubles 



The railways at the spot about 30 „ 



The post-horses in extraordinary 



cases 30 „ 



A month in large towns 90 „ 



Five months in stepps and moun- 



tains 200 „ 



The supposed loss at the selling of 



one horse, one mule and two 



asses 40 „ 



Medicaments 50 „ 



Unlooked for expenses 150 „ 



Dress, arms and linen lo0 „ 



The portage of baggages by steamer, 



post and railway, about 50 „ 



Summa 850 roubles. 

 Such are the notions and informations, that 

 I gathered by my own experience, and which, 

 for fear of being too long, I was obliged to sketch 

 but superficially in this article, leaving the rest 

 for another occasion. — I must mention, at all events, 

 that the amount of 850 roubles has been reckoned 

 very liberally, and that one, who prefers saving, 

 than wasting, will be able to reduce the costs to 

 a more modest sum.— But I would feel very 

 happy, were I able to encourage somebody to 

 step over the Chineese wall of prejudice, that se- 

 perates us Europeans, from the beautiful and en- 



chanting Caucasus. 



Ad. Sulima of Ulanowski. 



Ueber eine neue Varietät der 

 Oreina luctuosa Ol. (tristis F.) 



Von Dr. Stierlin in Schaffhausen. 

 0. auricollis. 



Oreina luctuosa Ol. ist, wie schon Suffrian, 

 namentlich aber "Weise (Naturgesch. der Ins- 

 Deutschlands VI. Bd. 3. Lief. pg. 441) betont hat, 



