GOODS FOR ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



A. Smith & Sons, 71 Cortlandt St., New York, N. Y., Manufacturers and 

 Importers of Goods for Entomologists, Klaeger and Carlsbad Insect Pins, Setting 

 Boards, Folding Nets> Locality and Special Labels, Forceps, Sheet Cork, Etc. 

 Other articles are being added. Send for list. 



A SIMPLE HEIGHT ADJUSTER. 



In connection with the device for mounting insects at one height. This is 

 very easily managed by taking a little piece of hardwood, say one-quarter inch 

 thick, boring a little hole in it from one side to the other, and then you can have 

 it on your mounting table ready for use. I have a little device of that kind, and 

 not only is it cheaper than the device sold by entomological houses, but is also 

 better, as the broad board does not dent any soft bodied insect that you may push 

 against it. Of course, you can have it of any thickness you want, and as many 

 as you want, to adjust height of insect as well as height of label. It is better to 

 have the insect a little over one-quarter inch from the head of the pin, especially 

 for the small beetles and bugs, on which you have to use high power magnifiers, 

 which must be put only a little less than a half inch from the object, and even 

 nearer for the more distant parts of the body. This, however, is not so appli- 

 cable to the larger as it is to the microlepidoptera. — J. R. de la Torre Bueno. 



PUPAE WANTED. 



Miss Edna Mosher, University Y. W. C. A., Champaign, 111., desires pupae 

 of Arctonotus lucidus, Saturnia mendocino, Coloradia pandora, Hemileuca electra, 

 nevadensis, juno, grotei., neumogenii, hualapai ; Pseudohazis eglanterina, shastaensis, 

 hera; Hylesia alinda: Sissphinx heiligbrodti; Lepisesia clarkiae; Sphinx perelegans, 

 vancouverensis, sequoiae, dollii, coloradas, elsa, Samia gloveri. 



USEFUL BOOKS. 



The following are a few of the books which beginners will find useful: 



Moths of the Limberlost. Gene Stratton Porter. 



Butterfly and Moth Book. Ellen Robertson-Miller. 



Moths and Butterflies. Julia P. Ballard. 



Caterpillars and Their Moths. Ida M. Eliot and Caroline G. Soule. 



The Butterflies of the Eastern United States. G. H. French. 



Entomology for Beginners. A. S. Packard. 



Three Kingdoms. A Handbook of the Agassiz Association. 



ARTIFICIALLY BRED SPECIMENS. 



Geo. D. Hulst wrote: "Some collectors assert that artificially bred speci- 

 mens never attain the full size and luster of specimens bred by nature. But they 

 are without doubt in error. It is true that the greater number of bred specimens 

 lack in size and luster. But that is accounted for by the fact that nature never 

 fails to furnish fresh food and plenty of it to her wards, while it is very rarely 

 that a brood of insects is reared by man without being more than once stinted 

 in food or having it in a wilted condition. It is certain that with proper care not 

 only can nature be equaled, but in very many cases surpassed. For nature presents 

 many things unfavorable to the full development of insect life. Art may give 

 only what is best; this requires care and experience beyond what the most have 

 time or opportunity to give." 



