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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



as my friend G. F. Mathew, R.N., has named it in the 

 'Entomologist' (Enlom. viii. 14), and having had numerous 

 enquiries about it and its construction, I will give the ento- 

 mological world drawings and description of it. Fig. 1 — 



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showing it opened and ready for use. Fig. 2 — the reverse 

 side. Fig. 3 — partly opened ; 4 is to be brought over to 5, 

 and fixed under the notch in handle ; to close it, 4 is to be 

 brought to 5 in the direction of the arrow. Figs. 4, 5 — ribs. 

 The size of the tray I use is four feet six inches long and 

 three feet wide, and covered with black calico ; experience 

 has taught me that black is the best, having tried all colours. 

 The rib, thirty-five and a half inches long, is made in two 

 parts, — ash, twenty-two inches, and cane, thirteen and a half 

 inches ; the object in having part wood is to keep that portion 

 stiff, and the cane is to make the necessary curve to form the 

 tray ; the cane is fastened to the wood by a brass hinge, over 



