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Box for Collecting hieing Insects 
etc., while the conditions of ventilation of the inner chambers are such as to 
render it a safe means for the transport of sensitive insects, as bumble-bees 
and other Hymenoptera, which will survive imprisonment in such a box much 
longer than in glass jars with gauze lids. In the summer 1914 I brought 
scorpions from Algeria and Tunis to Petrograd. The scorpions remained in 
the boxes from the 7th of July until the 28th of August, and the percentage 
of individuals which succumbed was very small, notwithstanding the un¬ 
favourable conditions of the voyage. 
In order to render the apparatus of wider application I have made some 
modification in its structure which I now proceed to describe. 
The external dimensions of the improved box are: length 45 cm.; breadth 
31 cm.; and depth, including thickness of lid, 5-5 cm. The internal depth of 
the box is 4-6 cm. as in the original model. 
The wooden lid is in three sections which are hinged and can be opened 
independently of each other (Fig. III). Each section is fastened by a pair of 
hooks screwed to the front wall of the box, suitable pins or eyelets being 
fixed into the edge of the lid for the hooks to engage (Fig. II). For greater 
security an additional hook is fixed at each end of the box. 
The interior of the box is divided by eight continuous fixed transverse 
partitions (Fig. Ill, F) with equidistant vertical slots for the reception of 
quadrangular pieces of wood which divide' those spaces between the con¬ 
tinuous partitions into six compartments; space slots at the ends of the 
continuous partitions (Fig. Ill, D) serve for the reception of the quadrangular 
movable partitions when it is desired to increase the capacity of a compart¬ 
ment by the removal of one of these. If desired, pieces of tin plates may be 
used in place of wood for the movable partition, but in this case, the slots 
in the continuous partitions must be cut to fit accordingly. With all the 
movable partitions in their usual positions, the box is divided into 54 com¬ 
partments each measuring 4 cm. x 4 cm. x 4-6 cm. In Fig. Ill the endmost 
series of compartments shows a replacement of the movable partition which 
results in the formation of two double compartments ( C) and two single 
compartments. Such double compartments are suitable for the reception of 
solpugids or large scorpions. By further replacement it is possible to obtain 
compartments of triple capacity or more, and by removing all the movable 
partitions of one transverse compartment, space available for the reception of 
lizards, etc. may be obtained. The lid of the box is furnished with apertures (M) 
closed with corks, like that of the original model. The desired arrangement 
of the movable partitions should be made before the specimens are placed in 
the box and the latter should be introduced through one of the openings by 
removing the cork. It is obvious that no section of the lid should be opened 
when the corresponding part of the box already contains specimens. 
The floor of the box is formed of wire gauze, as in the original model, and 
may be secured in position by a fillet of wood running round the lower edges 
of the box and screwed to the lateral end walls (see Fig. IV). 
