UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 
Agricultural Experiment Station 
DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY 
NEWARK, DELAWARE 
February 6 , 1959 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt 
U. S. National Museum 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
Ihank you for your kindness during my recent visit at your office, 
lour lunch was very tasty. 
There are several things which were not settled. I have been 
worried about the stainless steel minuten nadeln, so I called 
Dr, Cartwright and asked him to make siire a request had been sent to 
Austria for a supply for our use. I will need about 3000. 
Nor did I leave a definite idea of how much Kodachrome, outdoor, 
35 mm. film I would need. Bill Amos told me he had mentioned the pos- 
sibility of taking duplicate shots of each picture, one for the Museum 
and one for the photographer's institution. This procedure would be 
cheaper in the long run, taking into accoimt the cost of Kodachrome 
duplication. In that event, I estimate that I will n eed 16, 36 - 
exposure, rolls. — 
Do I understand that the vials, etc., which you are having the 
Museum order for me will be packed in your boxes? According to my 
record, you are ordering from Fisher Scientific Company 1 oz. pill 
boxes, hydrogen ion comparator]^ small shell vials, and larger homeo- 
pathic vials. Would you make sure the larger vials (5 dram, I think) 
come equipped with corks? If not, the appropriate size and number 
should be ordered. From the General Biological Supply House, you are 
ordering 500 cellophane envelopes for storing Lepidoptera, and from 
Emil Arlt, Saltsburg, Austria, the stainless steel minutens. 
I have ordered cork sheet from Wards and the water deionizer locally. 
pcLssport has been received and immunization will be finished 
by the end of this month; except for the yellow fever, which Bill Amos 
and I will receive in Philadelphia some time in March. 
I shall look forward to seeing you in Wilmington on March 3. 
Richard F. Darsie, Jr 
Associate Professor 
RFD/es 
