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with a cape, the space opposite the eyes being fitted with a sheet of 

 very transparent celluloid. Of course this costume would be very 

 uncomfortable in the summer time on account of the heat, but since 

 she handles her nests for the most part in the autumn and winter, 

 she has been able to reduce the discomfort of the brown-tail rash to 

 a minimum. 



Sailing again for Europe on April 20, 1907, the senior author landed 

 at Cherbourg and proceeded directly to Paris, and from Paris to 

 Budapest by the Oriental Express. At Budapest, by prearrange- 

 ment, he met Mr. Alexander Pichler, whom he had engaged as a 

 guide and courier for the Russian trip. After a conference at Buda- 

 pest with Dr. Horvath and Prof. Mocsary, of the Natural History 

 Museum, and Prof. Jablonowski, of the agricultural station, he pro- 

 ceeded to Kief, via Lemburg. Prof. Porchinsky, of the ministry of 

 agriculture, had arranged with Prof. Waldemar Pospielow, of the 

 University of Kief, to consult with the Chief of the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology about future arrangements, and a conference with Prof. 

 Pospielow was held, in the course of which it was agreed that one of 

 Pospielow's assistants, engaged especially for the purpose, at 34 

 rubles per month, should occupy himself throughout the summer, 

 under Pospielow's directions, in collecting larvae of the gipsy moth 

 and brown-tail moth, forwarding material to Boston, rearing and 

 studying the parasites, and conducting observations in an orchard 

 in the suburbs of Kief, rented by the writer for the State of Massa- 

 chusetts for the summer at the rate of 20 rubles per month. This 

 procedure was novel in the work, but was later tried in another 

 locality, as will be shown in subsequent pages. 



From Kief, Pichler and the visitor proceeded to Odessa and from 

 Odessa to Kishenef , at which point he had been recommended to Dr. 

 Isaak Krassilstschik by Prof. Porchinsky. Through some mis- 

 understanding as to dates, owing to the difference between the 

 Russian calendar and the one in use in other parts of the world, Prof. 

 Krassilstschik had mistaken the date of arrival announced in the 

 letter sent in advance, and was absent from Kishenef on a brief visit 

 to Germany. Full written instructions, however, were left for him 

 at Kishenef, and the visitor returned to Odessa and thence by boat 

 to Sebastopol, and by train to Simferopol. At Simferopol he was 

 expected by Prof. Sigismond Mokshetsky, the director of the Museum 

 of Natural History at that place and an enthusiastic economic ento- 

 mologist, through whose efforts American methods in the warfare 

 against insects had been introduced into southern Russia. Prof. 

 Mokshetsky had done some rearing of the Russian parasites of both 

 the gipsy moth and the brown-tail moth, and was able to furnish 

 much valuable information. His hospitality and cordiality were of 

 the most encouraging nature, and after consultation as to the best 



