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INSTRUCTIONS 



IN 



COLLECTING, REARING, KILLING, PINNING, SETTING 

 AND ARRANGING 



L E P I D P T E R A. 



(By the Editor.) 



How to collect Lepidoptera. 



These may be collected in the larva, pupa, or imago state : 

 with the latter or perfect state we will commence the con- 

 sideration of the subject. 



To collect butterflies or moths on the wing, the Entomo- 

 logist must be provided with a ring net, which should be 

 made of white book-muslin, or of green lino or net; he must 

 also be supplied with a number of pill-boxes, and with a 

 pocket corked collecting-box and some pins. The insect when 

 seen is pursued, but with due caution not to cause it to take 

 alarm, and as soon as contained within the net it must be 

 boxed, or if it be of too large a size, or of a restless nature, 

 it must be pinned. Moths may often be found asleep on 

 palings or trunks of trees, and may be easily boxed without 

 using a net ; but some species will readily take alarm when 

 the collector approaches, and he has the disappointment of 

 seeing them fly away just as he was about to box them. 

 Many insects may be dislodged from hedges and bushes by 

 thrashing them with a stick, taking the precaution to keep 

 on the sheltered side of the hedge, as if the young collector 



