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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 larve 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. 
Krassiustschik 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 
