308 ATPARATL'S USED BY ENTOMOLOGISTS, 



this purpose, the Entomologist must hold it expanded under the trees 

 or hushes, and with a stout stick beat the branches, by which means 

 a vast number of insects will fall into the net, and many hundreds 

 may be taken in a single day. 



A IIoop, or Landing-net {pi. 11. /g. 4.) — This is generally used in 

 taking aquatic insects, hut will be found very useful to sweep the grass 

 and low herbage, for many coleopterous and other insects are taken in 

 110 other way: — the socket may be of such size that two joints ot the 

 net-rod will form a convenient handle, or a walking-stick may be 

 used. 



The Digger (pi. 11.. ^g. 5.) — This is a piece of iron or steel, of 

 about six inches long, fitted into a wooden handle, and is used tor col- 

 lecting the pupa; of Lepidoptera at the roots of trees, also for strip- 

 ping off the bark, under which many exceedingly rare insects are fre- 

 quently found. The digger is best with an arrow-headed point, as at a. 

 A Phial {fig. C.) or tin bottle, useful in collecting coleopterous in- 

 sects. In this bottle a tube is introduced, which extends a little way 

 down the bottle to prevent the insecls-from escaping : in small phials, 

 a quill passed through the cork, with a cork stopper, answers extremely 

 well for small insects. 



A pair of brass Pliers (/g. 7.) for taking up small insects from roots 

 of grass, &,c. 



A Setting Needle {Jig. 8 and 9.), fixed in a pencil stick, for the 

 purpose of extending the parts of insects ; at the other end of the stick 

 a camel's hair pencil is fixed, to remove any dirt or dust which may 

 be on the insects ; and if the pencil is drawn through the lips, to bring 

 the end to a' fine point, it may be frequently useful to display the an- 

 tennae, palpi, ike. of the minute species. 



A Pair of Forceps {fig. 10.) — These are about eight or ten inches 

 in length ; are made of steel. The fans are either of a circular or 

 hexangular form, and are covered with fine gauze ; they are held and 

 moved as a pair of scissors, and are extremely useful in taking bees, 

 wasps, &c. If an insect is on a leaf, both leaf and insect may be in- 

 closed in the forceps; or if lodged against the trunk of a tree, paling, 

 or any flat surface, they may very conveniently be entrapped ; if of 

 the Lepidoptera order, the insect should be pressed with the thumb- 

 nail pretty smartly on the thorax, but not so as to crush it; it may 

 then be shaken into the hand, and a pin passed through the thorax, 

 (this means is also used with moths, &,c. when taken in the net ;) or 

 a pin may be passed through the thorax while the insect is confined 

 between the gauze, and then carefully taken out by the pin. 



Pocket Collecting Box. — The Entomologist must also furnish 

 himself with a chip-box, of a convenient size for the pocket, lined at 

 the top and bottom with cork, to stick those insects in that would in- 

 jure theuiselvcb by being loose in a box : in this some camphor, con- 



