Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-30
BRONX "BUGOLOG|sT"
HAS HUGE COLLECTION
JOSEPH, Sever Has Bccu Catherine
insects All Ills iifc-lIas
100000 Specimens.
SOME ARE VERY LARGE ONES
Austrian VIII Visit Caves of
America Some Time During Com
ing Spring Ia Make Study OF
Blind Beetles 10 lie Found Thor.
ne Universal scrNLcn /

N
NEW YORK. Jan. 2"- Joseph So
YER Hronx "bugologlst." living at
NO. 100 East One hundred aud SIN
;ieth street. has been collecting hurs
moths. butterflies and such things
al his life, Now. at the age Of =.
MS collection includes 10000 speci.
mems from every conceivable carne,
IN the world. His library on tho sun
Jytt embraces 5000 volumes Ills
1 ~, are on display in the Brit
;N!Suf"l ihStor! and in every other
arc cry in the world Nnd sever
isn done With his collection. lie
""S cNt"nSlv" plans for the future
In dimiy lighted room where the
..'Asuf"" oi q iifciimr's search arc
At"rrn IN bewiideriH% disarray Sever
Was classifying and labelling a mon.
strouS hcctl. which m.asi!rcl fo,,r
Inch"s and seemed 10 have lost nonc
81 us Sruesomc fcrociousncss in
81 suppose it's the Iarccs, vo,.vo
conc w IN your travels?'' Il visitor
"t;argest?" repeated sever. Ger
measure twelve inches In tuil mat,,r.
ny. rms Is an African specimen
tho E soi'in9n TO the jGngles and not
81 thcm are poisonous and are pnr-
icctiF safe 20 approach"
sever, as he spoke. Withdrew :; hoy
q. I'm IL.
opened II and displayed its con;ents
miniature mound OF infinitesim,Ilv
snai mugs. black ana motionlcss re
Sa,mini!ns very much the ordinary
"Thsse.". he explained. are very
ra'c Species of blind beetles found
ia th' caves OF the East Indian Is
l!nY | Spcn; years in an cxhaustivc
studH OF blind beetles and hnvc wr,t
zen several books on them in C;ern,a,
Mhlch are used as textbooks In Ger
niah couegc* and high schools. They
languages 49, ''"er
II am going to visit caves In Am.r-
, "a I ISM spring TO make study OF
s:,haN write Il book on my discoyer;ea
ihei | plan 10 sail for Brazil TO snanI
.ishtee1 months there in research and
=" Suppicnlcnt my collection"
IN Austrian by birth. sever w,s
n,.,. ot natural history and blot
IN Trieste high schools and col
.G GTs Tor fourteen years; Fifteen
rs instructor TO devote ali his ti,,a
10 research and travel. Ills wife was
80" 4 naturalist and together they
european countries and later tnronSh
II" Fast Indian islands. During Ms
raves Sever discovered two nm
NJ" species OF beetles which have
ptth named after him.
stories of Sewers discoveries Inv.
ncth contributed to dozens OF scicr
INC magazines in Continental Eurn;,e
"st 'J ir"iE lie ~ probably the great
IL HVlNS authority on certain
phases of entomology. HIS coilsct inr
Is constantly increased BY specimens
sSnt him from al! parts OF the Eiobe
AID Is priceless. s''"s
Not only beetles ana hu,tereios
nmvS occupied this interesting tigure
curing MS stay in America Ia
y. ,hs nish'E pediErecd dogs, mostly
his poss"ssia anu 10Y species Among
are "Ronnie Prince Charminc. I'm" u
prize winning English toy dog and
n"EsIe, blue pomeranian thor
hrecdine dogs and making n busi-
ness oi 1t permits me TO devote al
i,'s' az my time 10 further research
I'm, "h' 9mnIoSy, Sever explained.
There Ism; much money i'm hurs
u" smiled, pointing to the boxes lined
against the wall Now and ibnn nea :,
museum calls for certain speci,nen
nnu ! mIhr "a sale. hut IL certainly
.sn profitable occupation. No 7
wouldn't advise anyone seeking n RAJ
work. - "'S iiic
10 Nm2{h%r source Of income for Sever
o. insects ana flowers which are
framed on Il background of cot,on
.une."I ar these inGeniously devised
y. "ailcItS are framed in his study
or Workrooni. representations or hut
ter,lles ana beetles about 10 settle on
1uns ana ferns, some OF which are
''awn from FAR corners of the earth.
an. t"ine 10 make another trip
10 me East Indian Islands after. ; r.r
.nIr"ueh with Brazil" Sever said
mere ar" some of the most heauti-
~ specimens Of butterflies on these
lsin''uS' ana expect To complete INV
coilecti"n there and then return to
;, sewers wife died six months ago.
E NV ,w" aGtm,idren. Frank. thirty. and
ihcir fathers work and can as readily
discourse on the habitat and habits
W d specimen rs their tutor Both
travels. and the Younger hov viii 40.
company his father on the future