copper wire and a yard of mosquito netting; a "killing bot- 

 tle" containing a lump or two of cyanide potassium covered 

 over with cotton and card board, a few drops of chloroform or 

 a small bottle of benzine, a drop or two of which will kill 

 any insect; a "breeding cage" made out of a wooden packing 

 box, one side covered with wire netting and the top hinged, 

 in which to confine and feed caterpillars; a "spreading 

 board" of two narrow strips of pine board, separated by half 

 an inch more or less, the space between to receive the body 

 of butterfly or moth, cleats nailed across each end to hold 

 strips in place, a sheet of cork glued or tacked over space be- 

 tween strips; a few cigar boxes, lined on bottom with cor- 

 rugated paper or paste-board, a supply of insect pins and 

 a pair of forceps and "setting" needles and the insect stu- 

 dent and collector is fairly well equipped for the field or 

 door-yard and the library or "den'' at home. 



The field of entomology is so vast that the student will 

 do well to specialize on one order or family of insects. In 

 working up the several orders of the insects of Maine, the 

 Knox Academy needs the help and cooperation of spec- 

 ialists. We, ourselves, will "tackle" the Coleoptera and Mr. 

 John H. Lovell of Waldoboro is at work on the bees. Who 

 will undertake to work up the Noctuid moths, the Tortricids, 

 the Tineids, the Hawk-moths, the Skippers, the Butterflies, 

 the Diptera, the Neuroptera, the Hemiptera, the Hymenop- 

 tera and other orders, groups or families of Maine insects? 



A work on the Orthoptera of Maine, from an economic 

 standpoint, by Albert P. Morse, was issued last March as 

 bulletin 296 of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station 

 at Orono, and Miss Edith Patch has done splendid work on 

 the Aphids or Plant-lice, the results of which have appeared 

 from time to time in the Station's publications. 



Will all Maine students interested in Entomology kind- 

 ly communicate with the undersigned. We want all who 

 can to contribute articles for publication in this department 

 of the Academy's Journal. 



NORMAN W. LERMOND. 



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