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Preservation of larva, 240 



Bearing aquatic lance, 242 



Rearing insects in general, 243 



Sugaring for moths, 246 



Traps for moths 246 



Rearing caterpillars, 247 



Hibernatiny larva, _ 252 



Management of pupa, 252 



Pairing or mating Lepidoptera in captivity, 253 



Treatment of the eggs, 254 



Collecting and rearing Micro-lepidoptera, 254 



Preserving micro-larva in alcohol, 266 



Preserving larva dry, 267 



Bleaching Hie wings for the study of the venation, 268 



Mounting the wings of Micro-lepidoptera, 269 



Mounting tJie wings of Macro-lepidoptera, 269 



To remove grease, 270 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING COLEOPTERA, 271 



Rearing tiger- and ground-beetles, 276 



Rearing of burying-beetles, 278 



Rearing wood-boring larvce, Longicorns, etc., 278 



Rearing of bark- and bast-boring beetles, 279 



Rearing larva of dung-beetles, 279 



Cleansing greasy beetles, 280 



To wash old, soiled specimens, 280 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING HEMIPTERA, 280 



Examining live Aphides 281 



PRESERVATION OF ORTHOPTERA, 282 



PRESERVATION OF DRAGON-FLIES, MAY-FLIES, CADDIS-FLIES, 



ETC., 282 



COLLECTING AND REARING DIPTERA, 284 



COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HYMENOPTERA, .... 287 



CHAPTER VII. 



MODE OF DISSECTING INSECTS. 289-293 



The external anatomy, 289 



The internal anatomy, 289 



Dissection of Aphides, 292 



