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June, at which thiie some of our rarest and most 

 beautiful insects are taken from them. 



Trees, faggots, hurdles, &c. and dead fences 

 in woods should always be examined. Indeed, 

 to point out the proper places for collecting, 

 and the different methods, during this season, 

 would be to repeat almost all that has been 

 said under the head of Spring, and to mention 

 every flower, bush, briar and tree, so numerous 

 are the habitats ; they may, however, be sum- 

 med up by saying — search everij ivhere. 



It has been already hinted, that this is consi- 

 dered the best season for collecting water insects, 

 not only that they are to be found in greater abun- 

 dance, but also that they may be collected with 

 much less inconvenience than in the Winter 

 months. But the collector must not be dis- 

 couraged if he should search several ponds and 

 not find a single insect 5 for it often happens 

 that one pond, nay, even one side of a pond, 

 will absolutely swarm with beetles, while seve- 

 ral others in the neighbourhood, and even the 



