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fen, or moor, should furnish ample employment and keep the 

 collector actively engaged until the time arrives for a first 

 round of the trees upon 

 which he has spread a dainty 

 repast for the night-flying 

 NoctuidcC, and those mem- 

 bers of the Arctiidas and 

 Geometrida}, etc., that fre- 

 quently look in where sweets 

 are to be obtained. 



This sugaring business is 

 perhaps the most exciting 

 phase of collecting. Having 

 prepared a fine compound 

 of coarse brown or "foots" 

 sugar, treacle, and beer, by 

 boiling down these ingredi- 

 ents to a suitable liquid con- 

 dition, this is taken to the 

 scene of action in a sugaring 

 brush which is fixed in the screw-on top ; or the attracting 

 medium may be carried in any kind of convenient bottle pro- 

 viding a paintljrush Csash 

 tool) and a jampot or some 

 such article accompany it. 

 Arrived on the ground, pre- 

 ferably a wood, a ride is 

 selected along each side of 

 which are convenient trees. 

 A glade such as that in the New Forest, photographed by Mr. 

 W.J. Lucas, and reproduced in Fig. 12, is an ideal pitch. Just 

 before using, a very small quantity of rum may be added to the 

 mixture, but if " foots " can be obtained the rum is not required. 

 In the autumn I have found a drop or two of the essence of 



Fig 10. 

 Purple Clay Moth at rest. 



tin, a receptacle fitted with a 



Fig. II. 

 The Coxcomb at rest. 



