LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. XI 



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Fig. 71. A Mutillid or stinging ant, Sphvcroplitlmlmu orrlilrninlin 36 



72. A fossorial wasp, Sphex ichneumoneuo 36 



73. A white-faced hornet, Yespa maculala 36 



74. A bee, Epeolus rernigatus 37 



75. A butterfly net-frame 38 



76. The Sanborn net-frame 38 



77. The winding mallet 39 



78. The Deyrolle sweeping-net: a, Net entire; b, frame; c, d, attachment 



of frame and handle 39 



79. A beating net, opened and attached to handle, with frame of same 



folded 40 



80. A water net 40 



81. A small water dip net 40 



82. An aquatic sieve net 41 



83. A forceps net 41 



84. The umbrella and its mode of use 42 



85. A sieve: a, Wire netting 43 



86. The Berlese collecting trap: A, Exterior receptacle containing water; 



B, interior funnel; C, vessel having the bottom of metallic network; 

 _D, substance for examination; E, funnel for introducing the water; 

 F, small glass tube containing alcohol, where the insects are col- 

 lected, thi3 being connected to the apex of the funnel by a short 

 tube (a) of India rubber; G, feet supporting the apparatus; L, lamp 

 for heating; M, India rubber tube for carrying off the gas; N, faucet 



for discharge 44 



87. The Gillette trap light 46 



88. The Brooklyn light trap 47 



89. The collecting forceps 49 



90. A pinning forceps 49 



91. A belt for vials 49 



92. A cyanide bottle with paper strips to give support to the insects 50 



93. A pocket cyanide tube 51 



94. A bottle with tube through the stopper 52 



95. A chloroform bottle with brush 52 



96. A pinning block 54 



97. A beetle pinned 55 



98. Micro-pin mounts, or double mounts: a, With a point; b, micro-pin 



in cork; c, elbow pin; d, micro-pin in paper; e, micro-pin in side; 



/, double point 56 



99. Points for mounting insects 56 



100. An insect punch for cutting triangles or points 56 



101. Method of gluing beetle on paper point 57 



102. A method of mounting duplicates 58 



103. A moth, with wings spread 58 



104. A spreading board 59 



105. A spreading board for Lepidoptera 59 



106. A needle for spreading insects 60 , 



107. Spreading pins: a, For large insects; 6, for Microlepidoptt in 60 



108. A drying cage 61 



109. The Busck box, for carrying spreading blocks for Microlepidoptera ... I i 1 



110. Locality labels ,i:; 



111. The paper envelope for Lepidoptera, and method of folding it: 1. 



First fold; 2, second fold, etc - - 66 



112. A balsam slide mount and jacket cover for same 67 



113. A case for storing specimens mounted on microscope slides 68 



