<div>Dear Chris, and others who may be able to help :</div> <div> I need urgent and workable information on how to clean pinned fly specimens (especially Bombyliidae !) in my collection that I have found to be covered with mould (white) or fungus (white or green or grey) after my return from an almost 7-month series of field expeditions from last July 2006. Little time to look at my large fly collection during this time ! </div> <div> My INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS OF CANADA (PART 1) most useful book says Ultrasonic cleaners are best, using detergent/ammonia/ethyl acetate/water. Where can I obtain these ? Or any other efficient way of cleaning these fungusy specimens and not ruining their pubescence and hairing ? I am especially concerned with saving my bee-fly specimens, all 6,500 of them. </div> <div> Chris, I am taking this opportunity to tell you I have not heard from you
after your 19th December e-mail. My mails to you bounce (?!) so I am left helpless ! How do I reply ?? Please get back to me on your invitation to resume our collaboration on Oriental Syrphidae so I am informed about schedules and projects, etc., and can prepare myself accordingly. Regards, KUMAR <BR><BR></div><BR><BR><FONT face=arial><STRONG>Dr Kumar Ghorpade</STRONG>, B.Sc.(Agri.), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Entomol.). <BR>Smithsonian Institution (U.S.A.) Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1982-1983) researching Oriental Syrphidae, Sciomyzidae and Ephydridae (Diptera). <BR><STRONG>Currently:</STRONG> Post-Graduate Teacher & Research Associate in Systematic Entomology, Department of Agricultural Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Krishi Nagar, Dharwar 580 005, Karnataka (INDIA). <BR><STRONG>Postal address:</STRONG> P.O. Box 221, K.C. Park Post Office, Dharwar 580 008, INDIA.</FONT><FONT face=verdana> </FONT><p> 
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