OF APPARATUS, AND METHOD 
OF USING IT. 
“ The collector wlien he makes an excur- 
sion should have three principal objects in 
view, for which he ought to be duly prepared 
The first is to find insects, the next is to catch 
them, and the last, when taken, to bring them 
safe home. In exploring their haunts, he 
must also recollect that some will be reposing ; 
others feeding ; others walking or running ; 
others flying ; others swimming ; others lurk- 
ing in various places of concealment, and in 
different states of existence.”* It is neces- 
sary, therefore, that he should be provided 
with proper instruments to collect them, and 
to preserve them when collected. For this 
purpose the following apparatus is used by 
the London collectors. But first, it may be 
* Kirby. 
