THE SECOND COLLECTING TRIP. 



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O'er slumb'rous blooms, 



On floods of musk, 

 The beetle booms adown the glooms 

 And bumps along the dusk. 



James Whit comb Riley* 



LESSON XII. 



THE SECOND COLLECTING TRIP. 



1. Review carefully the directions on page 28. 



2. On this excursion the pupils should collect any 

 true insects that is, those having only six feet that 

 they may find ; but the especial object of the excur- 



FlG. n. Nymph of Melanoplus, 

 first stage. (After Emerton.) 



FIG. 12. Nymph of Melanoplus, 

 second stage. (After Emerton.) 



FIG. 13. Nymph of Melanoplus, 

 third stage. (After Emerton.) 



FlG. 14. Nymph of Melanoplus, 

 fourth stage. (After Emerton.) 



sion is to get a set of specimens illustrating the 

 growth of either crickets or locusts or bugs. Select 

 whichever of these is most common, and get as com- 



* From Old-fashioned Roses, by permission of the Bowen-Merrill Co. 



