UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 BUREAU CF ENTOMOLOGY. 



-S3. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Fo 



DEC 1 - 191* 



Forest Entomology Brief 32. November . 21, 1916. 



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DIRECTIONS FOR 



PACKING AMD SHIPMENT OF SPECIMENS CF INSECTS AND THEIR WORK. 



To receive specific information on insects, insect injury and remedies 

 promptly, 



) Address inquiries and specimens to the 



Bureau of Entomology , U.S. Dept. or" Agriculture, Washington, B.C. 

 This Eureau Is the only organization in the Federal Government Service that 

 is charged with the study of insect problems , so that correspondence on such 

 matters must reach this Bureau before it can be given proper attention. Address- 

 ing to any other office only delays matters. 



The name and address of the writer should also appear plainly on wrappers. 

 ) Specimens of live insects and their work, preferably fresh, should accompany 

 inquiries and should bo packed about as follows: 



(a) Wood and bark-borers are best left in their burrows and the wood or bark 

 containing them cut into convenient sections, tied and wrapped in two thick- 

 nesses of stout paper; (b) leai*-eating insects (separated by kind, if more 

 than one, to prevent cannibalism), in tight wooden or tin containers or mail- 

 ing tubes manufactured for the purpose stocked with their favorite food 

 (holes are unnecessary); (c) underground insects, in earth; (d) scale in- 

 sects, attached to the bark or leaf; (e) small , soft-bodied insects, in al- 

 cohol (bottles wrapped in cotton and packed like b) ; (f) leaves and other small 

 specimens showing insect work, enclosed with letters. 



When more than one kind is sont, each should be accurately labeled with 

 locality, name of sender and a number or letter for ready association with 

 corresponding marks in letter or note, and with one another. Labels for inser- 

 tion with alcoholic specimens should be written with soft pencil. Tight, stout 

 containers properly wrapped, addressed and tied prevent escapes, breakage and 

 loss in transit, Tags must be securely fastened to packages. 



) Notes. It is very important that specimens be accompanied by information, giving 

 as accurately as possible (a) name of host and part attacked, (b) locality, 

 (c) date of collection, (d) character and extent of injury, (e) facilities for 

 disposal of infested timber and (f) any other information that may help to 

 identify the insect and to determine the proper remedy or control measure suit- 

 able to the condition of the correspondent. Notes should readily correspond 

 to labels on specimens and may be separate or embodied in the letter. 



) Shipping specimens. Packages, not exceeding 4 pounds in weight, are most con- 

 veniently and cheaply sent by Parcels Post. Bulky packages may be sent by 

 freight ; fragile, by express. They must always be sent prepaid, unless other- 



^■wise authorized. 



A. D. HOPKINS, 



Forest Entomologist. 



