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is then mounted on a pin. The label 

 with name or date and locality is then 

 placed in the box and secured by the 

 pin, that holds the beetle. 



Electric lamps, especiall) r those on 

 the outskirts of a city, draw beetles 

 in great numbers every warm night. 

 June bugs, water beetles, ground bee- 

 tles, carrion beetles and others can be 

 collected in this way. Tiger beetles 

 are found on the sandy shores of fresh 

 or salt water, in cart roads, in woods; 

 ground beetles under leaves, stones, 

 bark, in grass : Staphylinidae on carrion, 

 fungi, decaying wood; Buprestidae on 

 flowers, on the sunny side of piled-up 



valuable. Some are not larger than a 

 ilea and they jump too. 



If mould should attack a collection, 

 the affected beetles should be dried in 

 an oven. If the buffalo bug is discov- 

 ered, a little bisulphide of carbon must 

 be poured into the box, which then 

 should be tightly closed. 



More might be said about collecting 

 beetles, but I don't know any more. 

 I am not an authority and if any one 

 knows about otner methods, not men- 

 tioned here, I should like to be in- 

 formed, as 1 have just started a new 

 collection. 



IT IS NOT SO MUCH THE SPECIMEN AS THE MEMORIES WITH IT. 



wood : tumble bugs in manure ; buck 

 beetles on dead branches, flowers; 

 weevils on nut trees and fruit trees. 

 Carrion beetles may be collected by 

 trapping. A tin can, baited with stale 

 meat, is buried, so that the top is level 

 with the ground. A large hole is made 

 through the cover. 



In Germany large pits (three feet 

 deep by three by six) are dug in some 

 woods on one side of the road. They 

 make traps for the larger beetles, 

 which cannot climb up the sandy walls 

 and which need more space to clear 

 the top in flying. 



Do not neglect to collect small bee- 

 tles. The large ones are mostly com- 

 mon. Small beetles make a collection 



Why Is It? 



I'.Y \\ . H. WISMAN, NEW PARIS, OIHo. 

 Why is it that when winter comes, 



And raging winds drift high the snows, 

 ThPt I, to keep from freezing, must 



Put on such heavy clothes, 

 W T hile all the trees around me, that 



W r ere dressed in summer garb so pleasing, 

 Take off their clothes in winter time, 



To keep from freezing? 



They met by chance, 



They never met before; 

 They only met that once, 



And she was smitten sore. 

 They never met again ; 



Don't want to, I avow ; 

 They only met that once — 



'Twas an auto and a cow ! 



