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[Febrnorff 



In course of conversation with him I became acquainted with many 

 novel and valuable hints on collecting, the most important of which 

 was contained in an account of his marvellous moth trap ; an apparatus 

 which, in the words of my ingenious informant, " will catch moths 



ALL NIGHT LONG WITHOUT ANT TEOFBLE TO THE OWNEE." 



Collectors all the world over must feel greatly indebted to 

 Mr. Glover for his admirable invention, the practical value of which is 

 undeniable ; especially too as its nature is not so complicated but that 

 an amateur of ordinary ability can easily carry it out, the cost of 

 the materials required is not considerable : and furthermore, the trap 

 when completed is really calculated to fulfill all that its inventor claims 

 for it. 



Under the conviction that British Entomologists,* Lepidopterists 

 more particularly, will like to know the means whereby the above de- 

 sirable consummation is brought about, I am induced to make the in- 

 vention known through the pages of " The Magazine." And with this 

 end in view the accompanying diagrams and explanatory notes will, I 

 trust, enable the collector to master the construction of Mr. Glover's 

 wonderful trap. 





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A B C D is a box, having a partition I F for lamp K to rest on, beliind the latter 

 being a strong reflector L. The box A B C D is open at A E, also at H G (for 

 lamp chimney to pass through), and at F C for the drawer M. 



M is a drawer fitted above with a glass slide running in agi'oove; and a Venetian 

 blind-like apparatus P P (the laths of which are kept in position by the side 

 strips indicated by the dotted lines Q Q), dropping loosely on to the side-resta 

 11 R. It is also fitted with a small drawer N, the latter being filled ^vith layers 

 of flannel for the reception of chloroform, and stopped by the block Y. 



^ Thtu^h Lrpiiloptera will natuia'Iy be the chlpf visitors to this trap, Btill pxamiiles of other 

 orders, — t. -.peel;! lly ot Cvhoptera not to be captured by other means, — will frequently put in 

 apnparances. 



