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a western aspect the best. Moonliglit nights 
are rather unfavourable for mothing. On dark 
nights, a good plan for a single person to 
pursue, is to have a small bull’s eye” lan- 
thorn, with a lamp burner, fastened to his hat 
by means of straps. If two persons are in 
company, one may carry a common lanthorn 
on a stick, elevated as high as his head, the 
other following him with the clap net. The 
light will be found to attract insects ; and, it 
is obvious, render it easy for them to be se- 
cured. Some insects of other orders will also 
be found on the wing. 
The field cricket {Acheta Campestris), 
makes its appearance “ about the 10th of 
March.” It is extremely local, and may be 
taken in the manner pointed out by Mr. White, 
in his ‘‘ Natural History of Selbourne.”* He 
states, that he found them inhabiting a “ pas- 
ture field consisting of a rocky dry soil, and 
inclining to the afternoon sun.” They bore 
holes in the ground, which generally terminate 
under a stone, and the only method by which 
he could obtain them, was to insinuate a pliant 
stalk of grass into their caverns, and by 
probing the windings to the bottom, bring 
Bennett’s eci. p. 346. 
