TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page 



General Considerations, 1 



Introductory remarks, 1 



Collecting apparatus, S 



The net, 3 



The forceps, 5 



Killing insects for the cabinet, 6 



Pinning insects, 7 



Preservative fluids, 9 



Preparing insects for the cabinet, 11 



Insect cabinet, 13 



Transportation of insects, 15 



Preservation of larvae, 1G 



Rearing larva?, 1G 



Classification of Insects, 20 



Special Directions for Collecting Insects. 



Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ichneumon Flies, Gall Plies 



and Saw Plies), 25 



Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths), 2G 



Diptera (Flies, Mosquitoes, Bot Plies etc.), 37 



Coleoptera (Beetles), 3S 



Hemiptera (Bugs, Plant Lice, Bark Lice, Lice), .... 42 



Orthoptera (Grasshoppers), 43 



Neuroptera (Dragon Flies, May Flies, Caddis Flies), . . 44 



Arachnida (Spiders, Scorpions and Mites), 48 



Myriopoda (Centipeds, Thousand Legs, Millepeds), . . 49 



List of Illustrations, 51 



Index 53 



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