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-Where the pool 



Stands mantled o'er with green invisible, 

 Amid the floating verdure millions stray." 



By examining the surface of ponds, many in- 

 sects will be founds which fall in by accident. 



Sandy Shores of the Sea, and Rivers. These 

 situations produce peculiar and valuable insects. 

 Search should be made under stones, rotten 

 wood, dung, dead animals, weeds, and rejecta- 

 menta_, at all seasons. The bottoms, sides, and 

 fissures of perpendicular rocks should be con- 

 stantly searched, also salt marshes and brack- 

 ish waters j and trees, shrubs, and plants, near 

 these situations should be well beaten and ex- 

 amined. 



Forests and Woods. All ground which has 

 never been broken up, or cultivated, or which 

 has lain waste for a number of years, contain 

 the greatest number and variety of insects, 

 heaths excepted ; which, though they have their 

 rarities, are not very fertile habitats. These 



