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and a quantity put with them into a jar. Many 
pupcB will also be found in rotten wood. When 
a hole is discovered, the wood should be cut 
from the orifice, and the inhabitant carefully 
removed. For this purpose the pliers or 
pincher forceps will be found useful. Stems 
of pithy plants, such as the currant^ burdock, 
bramble, teazleheads, and various others, 
should now be collected for the chrysalides of 
sphinges noctuce, bees, &c. and preserved in 
cages. Beetles will often be found secreted 
in the hollow stems of plants. 
During mild weather, trees of every kind, 
and underwood, may be dug round close to 
the roots, and for several inches from them, to 
the depth of a foot, particularly on the north 
side, for chrysalides and beetles. For this 
purpose a gardener’s trowel, or the digger, may 
be used ; or a small garden fork with prongs 
six inches long. Stumps of felled trees, and 
the bark remainins: below the surface of the 
earth, are the resort of some insects. The 
south side of banks, the foot of pales, walls, 
&c. ought never to be neglected; many insects 
may be dug from such situations. Chrysalides 
should be put into a box carried for the pur- 
pose, having damp moss at the bottom ; care 
being taken to disturb them as little as pos- 
