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PECULIAR METHODS OF 
selves during the day. “ A gardener at Glas- 
gow has a mode of destroying caterpillars, 
which he discovered by accident. A piece of 
woollen rag had been blown by the wind into a 
currant bush, and when taken out was found 
covered with those leaf-destroying insects. 
He immediately placed pieces of woollen cloth 
in every bush in his garden, and found the 
next day that the caterpillars had universally 
taken to them for shelter. In this way he de- 
stroys many thousands every morning.” Many 
caterpillars may also be found at night by 
searching or beating the various plants in gar- 
dens, woods, and hedges, by means of a lan- 
thorn. 
Insects found in Gum Anime, Amber, &c. 
Many new, rare, and highly interesting insects, 
have been procured from Anime and Amber, and 
some also, it is said, have occurred in copal. 
These substances are soluble in Ether, or the 
essential oils of spike and lavender, and the 
insects may be extracted in a perfect state. 
Mr. Raddon has been very successful in 
procuring many new and rare insects from Gum 
Anime, and also from the skimmings pro- 
cured from varnish makers. The insects in 
the skimmings he puts into a jar closed at the 
mouth, and filled with pure spirits of turpen- 
