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SAINT LOUIS, MO. 
IMPORTANT TO G ONTBIB UTOB S . 
Any article appearing in the Valley Nat- 
uralist, if ordered within 5 days after pub- 
lication day (the first of every month) will 
he printed in neat style on 100 slips at the 
modest price of $1.00. Thus giving the con- 
tributors a chance to secure their articles 
printed apart from the general matter, to 
sent to their friends who do not receive the 
Valley Naturalist. This offer will be 
especially convenient for those who contri- 
bute lists of birds, plants, shells, insects, etc., 
from certain localities. All orders must be 
accompanied with the money. We fill all 
orders the same day they are received. 
Directions for Sending Insects. 
All letters desiring information respect- 
ing noxious and other insects, should be 
accompanied by specimens, the more in 
number the better. Such specimens should 
always be packed along with cotton, wool, or 
some such substance, in a little pasteboard 
box that is of convenient size, and never en- 
closed loose in the letter. Whenever possible 
larvse (L e. grabs, caterpillars, maggots, etc.) 
should be packed alive, in some tight tin 
box — the tighter the better, as air holes are 
not needed— along with a supply of their ap- 
propriate food, sufficient to last them on 
their journey; otherwise they generally die 
on the road and shrivel up to nothing. Along 
with the specimens send as full an account 
as possible of the habits of the insect, res- 
pecting which you desire information; for 
example: what plant or plants it infests; 
whether it destroys the leaves, the buds, the 
twigs, or the stem; how long it has been 
known to you ; what amount of damages it 
has done, etc. Such particulars are often 
not only of high scientific interest, but of 
great practical importance. 
Editorial Chat. 
Mr. Theo. Pergancle of this city has removed 
to Washington, D. C. All entomologists 
who have visited Prof. Eiley's office in this 
city, have no doubt seen a very pleasant 
elderly gentleman there. He has gone to 
Washington to assist Prof. Riley, who, as 
stated in the April number of the Valley 
Naturalist, has taken the place of Prof. 
Glover as Entomologist of the Agricultural 
Bureau. Mr. Pergande is well known as a 
coleopterist, but very shy at contributing, as 
we have never yet seen any of his many val- 
uable notes, which we have fromtimetotime 
perused with much interest and satisfaction. 
He has often promised to contribute for the 
Valley Naturalist, but has never done 
so. We are sure some of our entomologists 
would like to see some of his notes in print. 
The Rochester Democrat makes the state- 
ment that the surviving relatives of the late 
Lewis Brooks have agreed to have Professor 
Henry A. Ward make a botanical cabinet, at 
a cost of $4,000, to be placed in the hall of 
botany in the Lewis Brooks Museum of Nat- 
ural Science in the University of Virginia. 
This is in accordance with the design of Mr. 
Brooks and is exceedingly creditable to the 
legatees under the will. 
Send in your orders for cards, letterheads, 
noteheads, envelopes, etc. Every naturalist 
ought to have his name and address printed 
on his envelopes, note- or letterheads, which 
ever he prefers to use. By having his ad- 
dress printed on his envelope, he saves a 
great many letters from going to the " dead 
letter-box." Our rates are the lowest — send 
for estimates. 
The Naturalist & Fancier of Grand Rap- 
ids, Mich., has stopped publication or rather 
consolidated with the Western Oologist, a 
lively indepenclant amateur paper, devoting 
its whole space to Ornithology and Oology. 
Thanks fev kind notice of removal of the 
Valley Naturalist, in the July issue. 
C. P. Blackly, a resident of Manhattan, 
Kansas, promises to have a list of the birds of 
Riley County (Kas.) and vicinity ready for 
the Septemter issue, which we know will be 
interesting to our ornithological readers. 
Persons receiving copies of the Natur- 
alist who are not subscribers, will please 
regard it as an invitation to subscribe. From 
all interested in natural science we earnestly 
solicit a subscription. 
We would call the attention of all inter- 
ested in Mineralogy to the advertisement of 
the New York Mineral Agency, E. Seymour, 
Agent, appearing on another page. 
Unless otherwise informed, subscriptions 
received after this day will begin with the 
July issue. Back numbers can always be had 
at the regular price. 
Mr. Calkins offers some very rare land and 
fresh water shells for sale in another column, 
don't miss this chance of securing a good 
collection of shells. 
To Correspondents. 
All communications for this paper should 
be accompanied by the name of the author, 
not necessarily for publication, but as evi- 
dence of good faith on the part of the writer. 
Write only on one side of the paper. Be par- 
ticularly careful to write the scientific names 
plain 
Articles for publication may be accompa- 
nied with small sketches or outlines of 
insects, plants or leaves, etc., which we will 
have engraved for publication. All contribu- 
tions should be sent to us two weeks before 
publication day, which is understood to be 
the first of the month, if sketches accompany 
the articles, they should be send four weeks 
before publication day, as it takes an im- 
mense space of time to engrave them. Cor- 
respondents wanted in every State. 
We shall take pleasure in naming any 
specimens of plants and insects sent by cor- 
respondents. Persons who have already sent 
or may hereafter send small collections of 
specimens to be named, will please inform 
us if any of the species sent are from other 
States than their own. Lists of species found 
in any particular locality are of especial inter- 
est, as throwing light upon the geographical 
distribution of species. But to make them 
of real value, it is requisite that we know for 
certain whether or not all the specimens in 
any particular list come from that particular 
locality, and if not, from what locality they 
do come. 
Answers to Correspondents. 
[We will be pleased to name specimens 
which may be sent by correspondents. In 
all cases the specimens should be numbered 
and the exact locality and date of capture 
should be given. When possible, it is desir- 
able to receive at least two specimens of each 
species. Should our correspondence be- 
come too voluminous, w T e will return the 
names by mail, so as to avoid filling up too 
much space with a dry list of names. As a 
great deal of time is required to name speci- 
mens carefully, we will hereafter take no 
notice of imperfectly preserved specimens 
or of specimens of which the locality is not 
given.] 
A. H., St. Louis, Mo.: 
You can get some very rare birds' eggs, 
both American and foreign, from Professor 
Ward's Natural Science Establishment, send 
6 cents with your address to Rochester, N. 
Y. for catalogues of eggs. 
C. T. B., Manhattan, Kas. : 
Your postal of July 16th received; you 
speak of having sent your subscription for 
the Valley Naturalist, about the last of 
May or first of June, we have not received it 
and judging from the address on the postal 
before us, which is simply— Valley Natur- 
alist, St. Louis, Mo. We have reasons to 
beleive that the letter containing the sub- 
scription went to the dead letter-box. Why 
can't our readers remember to write our ad- 
dress in full, thereby saving us a great deal 
of trouble and expense. We will not be re- 
sponsible for letters and all other mail, that 
does not bear the address in full. 
