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field outfit. The ordinary khaki or duck's-back hunting coat will 

 be found very convenient, having, as it does, an abundance of 

 room for accommodating cyanide bottles, folding nets, and other 

 necessary articles. 



Collecting belt (Fig. 466). For short, half-day excursions a loose- 

 fitted, woven belt, about three or four inches wide, provided with 

 pockets to hold cyanide bottles, forceps, storage boxes, etc., is very 



FIG. 466. A collecting belt 

 (After Banks) 



serviceable. The objection to this affair, however, is the unavoid- 

 able width of the belt. These belts may be obtained, with a complete 

 collecting outfit, from any of the entomological supply companies. 

 Insect nets. Of first importance to the entomologist is the insect 

 net. In its simplest form the net consists of a ring, or hoop, firmly 

 attached to a handle two or three feet in length. Attached to the 

 hoop is a net about eighteen inches in depth. A very serviceable net 

 may be constructed by bending a stout wire into a circle (Fig. 467), 

 then bending the ends back at right angles and lashing them 



