MAKE CONTRACT BEFORE SHIPPING. 



Never ship to me or any one else a lot of adults, pupee or eggs, for 

 the purpose of having them sold, until you have first sent samples and have a 

 plain, square contract. If you disregard this admonition your material may 

 be returned at your own expense. 



SCOPE OF FIRST LESSON. 



This first lesson is but a scanty outline of the subjects treated. Each 

 subject will be amplified in future lessons. Each collector has his own particular 

 views as to what an outfit should contain. They differ greatly and the ideas 

 of each one may contain merit. When an author tells you to do a certain 

 thing in a particular way that does not mean that there are not other ways 

 which may be better. I shall always state my own way and give my own 

 views, but in the very next lesson I may tell you of a better way, or present 

 sounder views from some Entomologist. 



INFORMATION REQUESTED. 



I wish each subscriber would write me as to whether or not he knows 

 how to spread butterflies and moths; whether he has bred lepidoptera from 

 egg or larva; has started a private collection and wishes to exchange; whether 

 he has lists of the species of his locality and desires to sell specimens. I want 

 to be acquainted with the status of each subscriber so that I may teach each 

 one individually by letter if necessary, and at all events be able to render the 

 greatest benefit to each. I do not expect so many subscribers that I cannot 

 give each the individual attention his necessities require. 



BOOKS. 



If you merely wish to collect and breed lepidoptera for sale I expect this 

 course to give you full instruction, but in order that you may understand how 

 to identify your own species and such as you receive by exchange or other- 

 wise, you should possess "The Butterfly Book" and "The Moth Book," by 

 W. J. Holland. The first costs $3.00, the second $4.00. They give colored 

 plates of nearly all important species of lepidoptera. Doubleday Page & Co., 

 of New York, are the publishers, but the books can be obtained through any 

 dealer. If you have access to libraries familiarize yourself with all the 

 Entomological works which they contain. If you can learn from these lessons 

 the essential principles of Butterfly Farming, a subject which you will not find 

 in the books, that is no reason why you should not be benefited by a good 

 supplemental course of reading in Entomology. 



THE TWO MISTAKES OF BEGINNERS. 



The two greatest mistakes of beginners are: 



First — At the outset they jump at the conclusion that entomology is far 

 too difficult a subject for them to undertake. 



Second — When they have received just a little knowledge they become 

 convinced that they know it all and require no further instruction. 



Address all letters: 



(MISS) XIMENA McGLASHAN, 



Truckee, California. 



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