14 The Buiterflies and Moths of Teneriffe. 



one of tlie great charms seems to be the delightful un- 

 certainty about the sport which may fall to one's lot, so 

 it is as well to provide for all contingencies, taking the 

 net, poison-box, or bottle, a tin for caterpillars (which 

 should be perforated at the top), a nest of glass-topped 

 pill-boxes for specimens of any butterfly or moth one 

 may wish to take home alive, and envelopes for butter- 

 flies when killed in the net. The latter may be made of 

 note-paper, by cutting a long square of paper and folding 

 it in a triangular shape, and then turning up the edges 

 of two sides, so as to make a little bag. 



Butterflies travel well placed flat in these envelopes, 

 and should be set directly home is reached. A small 

 cork collecting-box is also useful, together with some 

 insect-pins, in case one gets many specimens, some of 

 which can be pinned into the box preparatory to setting 

 them on the return home. 



Insect life is so prolific in Tenerifie, and one sees so 

 many strange and curious animals, that anyone really 

 interested in Entomology is certain to find specimens to 

 bring home, such as the *' Praying Mantis," found 

 frequently on half dead thistles in "barrancos" and on 



