CONTENTS. 
Advertisement 11 
Introduction 13 
Of Apparatus and method of using- it — 1. Clap net 
— 2. Water net — 3. Sweeping net — 4. Eorceps 
— 5. Ring net — 6. Fincher Forceps — 7. Pliers 
— 8. Digger — 9. Bark knife — 10. Phial — 11. 
Quills — 12. Pocket collecting box — 13. Store 
boxes — 14. Pocket larvm box — 15. Breeding 
cage — 16. Larvae cages — 17. Pill boxes — 18. 
Pins— 19. Pocket Lens — 20. Stand — 21. Setting- 
needles — 22. Braces — 23. Setting boards — 24. 
Cabinet — 25. Book boxes 19 
Books 33 
Of Collecting Insects 35 
Winter 40 
Spring 45 
Summer 53 
Autumn 57 
Local Habitats — Sand, Gravel, and Chalk pits — 
Stagnant ponds, &c. — Sandy shores of the sea 
and rivers — Forests and Woods — Marshes — 
Floods — Animals — IMushrooms and Toadstools 
— W indows — Granaries — Hop Gardens — Sheep- 
folds — BeehRes — Wasps’ nests — Hornets’ nests 
— Ants’ nests — Snails 59 
