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short, and slender. The French instrument is farther 

 luseful for seizing venomous or danp^erous insects. 

 In other cases the fingers alone are often sufliicient, 

 and for minute beetles a wetted finger. ^ 



fl, French beetle-forceps ; and b. Pliers. 



tn order to get at beetles and larvae which feed 

 under the bark, or in the wood of trees, and also 

 under ground, the instrument which we have found 

 most convenient is a very strong clasp-knife : one 

 which has a saw-blade, a hook, a file, and other in- 

 struments in the same handle, is preferable ; but 

 most of the London collectors use what is called a 

 digger, and first, if we mistake not, described by 

 JMr, Samouelle, in his Compendium. It is made of 

 .steel, of from twelve to eighteen inches long, forked 

 :at the extremity, and fixed into a wooden handle. 



Digger. 

 In addition to this, we recommend a long slip of 

 very thin and narrow whalebone, which may be in- 

 troduced into the holes of such insects as burrow in 



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