CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



I. Preface, ..... 1-6 



II. Instructions for Collecting, Breeding, Preparing, 

 Packing for Transportation, etc. 



1. The Capturing of Day Butterflies (Rhopaloceres) The Imple- 

 ments Necessary, ....... 7 



2. The Modus Operand! of Using these Implements, . . . 8-10 



3. The Capturing of Night Butterflies or Moths (Heteroceres), 11, 12 



4. Preparing for the Collection, . . . ... . . 12, 13 



5. Cabinets, &c., for containing Lepidoptera, . . . . 14, 15 



6. Entomological Forceps, ........ 15 



7. Entomological Pius, ......... 16 



8. The Arranging of Examples in the Cabinet, .... 16,17 



9. Labeling the Examples, 17-19 



10. On Cleaning Specimens, ........ 19 



11. On Relaxing and Expanding Specimens, .... 20 



12. Repairing Specimens, 21 



13. Museum Pests, 21 



14. Packing and Transportation, ....... 22, 23 



15. Packing Specimens already expanded to place in the Collection, 

 for Transmission to Foreign Parts ; and as regards Foreign 

 Express Cos., &c., . . . . . . . . 24-28 



16. The Rearing of Lepidoptera from the Egg and Caterpillar, . 28-31 



17. A few Final Remarks, 31, 32 



III. Structure of Butterflies and Moths as shown on 



Plate 1, Figs. I-X, . . . . 33, 34 



IV. The Terms and Abbreviations used in Works on 



Lepidoptera, ..... 35-45 



