INTRODUCTORY. II 



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 

 Noctuidiie, and those mem- 

 bers of the ArctiidaE; and 

 GeometridcTc, etc., that fre- 

 quently look in where sweets ^ 

 are to be obtained. 



This sugaring business is ^ 



perhaps the most exciting "^V^ 



phase of collecting. Having 

 prepared a fine compound 

 of coarse brown or "foots" ^ ' 

 sugar, treacle, and beer, by 



boiling down these ingredi- Fi<"^ lo. 



ents to a suitable liquid con- Purple Clay Moth at rest, 



dition, this is taken to the 



scene of action in a sugaring tin, a receptacle fitted with a 

 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 paintbrush (sash 



.•x^^^^-.s^MI tool) and a jampot or some 



S-^^^^f,^^ such article accompany it. 



Arrived on the ground, pre- 

 ferably a wood, a ride is 



selected along each side of 

 The Coxcomb at rest. , . , . 



which are convenient trees. 



A glaile 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 



