TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Illustration — Rensselaer J. Smith, M. D 135 



A California Coleopterist 135 



Wanted: Foodplants of these Butterflies 136 



How to Tell Sex of Pupae. By Prof. William Reiff 137 



Notes on the Orthoptera. By M. P. Somes 138 



The Canadian Entomologist 139 



Forcing Emergence from Cocoons. By Frank G. Wolfe 140 



The Guide to Nature... 140 



Encouraging Words _ 141 



Entomological News _. .... 1 41 



Herman H. Brehme 141 



Inflated Larvae 1 41 



Names of Purchasers 142 



Names of Sellers 142 



Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society.. 142 



Correspondence Course: Lesson IX. Spreading and Mounting Lepidoptera 143 



How to Preserve a Butterfly 143 



You must Spread the Wings 143 



The Spreading Outfit... 144 



The Spreading Board 1 44 



American and English Methods 144 



Setting-blocks Instead of Boards 145 



The Setting-needle Method 145 



How to Spread a Butterfly 145 



Details of the Process 146 



Drying the Specimens ._ 146 



Patience is a First Requisite 147 



Mounting Lepidoptera 147 



Present Methods Unsatisfactory 147 



"The Ximena McGlashan Card Mount".. 148 



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