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 BOOK NOTICES. 



]\Ianual of Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Insects, 

 by C. V. Riley, M.A , Ph D., United States Entomologist. 



We have just received a copy of the above named work which will 

 be gladly welcomed by a large number of students of nature. There 

 is, perhaps, no enquiry which is more frequently made by amateur 

 naturalists than, "Where can I get the best directions for collecting 

 and preserving insects ? " 



And there is also, now, since Economic Entomology has become 

 recognized as so important a factor in agricultural pursuits, a constant 

 demand from farmers and gardeners for information as to the best 

 me..ns of collecting for study or for forwarding to specialists for identi- 

 fication any insects which may be found attacking their crops, or 

 concerning which they may wish for enlightenment as to their habits. 

 Prof. Riley has provided in this volume a most complete answer to 

 these demands Great skill has been shown in selecting from so vast a 

 subject those details only which the author's great knowledge and 

 experience enabled him to judge, were essentials. 



This work, which is a pamphlet of 149 pages, excellently well 

 printed and profusely illustrated with figures of the very first order, 

 many of which have been prepared especially for it, is issued by the 

 Smithsonian Institution, as Part F of Bulletin of the United States 

 National Museum, No. 39. 



A concise classification of true insects gives in a few pages an 

 excellent summary of the science of Entomology, which is so well 

 illustrated that any tyro will with ease recognize the order to which such 

 specimens as he may find belong. 



The different apparatus and means of collecting and killing insects 

 are then dwelt upon at length with special directions for each order. 



Under the heading Entomotaxy the preparation, labelling and care 

 of specimens, wiih the necessary apparatus, cabinets and materials, are 

 treated. Special attention is given to cabinets and their arrangement, 

 and under Museum Pests, Mould, etc., much valuable advice is given 

 wtiich could be gained only by the experience of many years of constant 

 work. 



