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possible should be placed in alcohol, as it is difficult, if not 

 impossible, to examine the under lip, etc., in dried speci- 

 mens. The hairy species of bees should be pinned while in 

 the net. The minute ichneumon flies should be gummed like 

 small beetles upon cards, or preserved in small pill-boxes. 

 The nests of bees, wasps, 1 and ants, and the young in the 

 different stages of development, should be collected, and 

 the latter placed at first in weak and afterwards in strong 

 alcohol. 



