PECULIAR METHODS OF COL- 
LECTING INSECTS. 
The following pecwZiar methods of entrapping 
insects, will be found very useful for obtaining 
many species, which are otherwise rarely taken. 
Several of these methods the author has found 
very successful. 
Laying Baits and Traps. An excellent 
method, and by which a great number of in- 
sects may be obtained, is by laying wide- 
mouthed bottles, baited with raw meat, tripe, 
&c. in sunny banks, concealed among the 
long grass. The bottles should be buried up 
to the neck, in an upright position, and as soon 
as the contents begin to decompose, many 
insects will be found, particularly Siljjhidee, Ni- 
tidulidcE, 2Lnd StaphylinidcE. They may be vi- 
sited every morning, and the insects shaken 
out upon a sheet of paper, carried for the pur- 
pose. Traps similar in construction to those 
used in houses for catching cockroaches, 
