176 ArnOBISMATA ENTOMOLOGIGA. 



"mothlng like glass." 



It will perhaps have been observed that in the rlcsfription of the 

 entomological book-boxes just spoken of, no mention was made of glass frames 

 to them, which however it is absolutely essential, a 'sine qua non,' that they 

 should have; or otherwise, every time they are opened, they are liable to all 

 the ordinary injuries from dust and other sources of evil, to which any common 

 entomological boxes are exposed. I wrote therefore to Mr. Downie for a further 

 estimate, which he has supplied as follows, as a postscript to the former 

 particulars: — 



A five-shilling box with the addition of glass and frame, would be seven 

 shillings and sixpence; a seven-shilling box with the like would be ten shillings 

 and sixpence, or in other words, half-a-guinea; a twelve-shilling box with the 

 like, sixteen shillings. 



The glass to be the very best that can be had, flattened as for picture frames. 



"to be continued." 



"The most valuable discovery of modern times" — to the Entomologist — is 

 the "Applicability" of sugar to the capture of moths. The "Suggestive Hint" 

 to this mode of proceeding was doubtless furnished to some thoughtful mind, 

 by the observation of the fact, that insects of various kinds resort to an empty 

 cask in which the "Essence of slave" has been placed, for the purpose of 

 "sipping the sweets." Certes, the success that, at least in some places, and on 

 some occasions, "at the season of the year," attends on this experiment, is, as 

 Dominie Sampson used to remark, "Prodigious! Prodigious!! Prodigious!!!" 

 Go the wood, and there, if not shot by some truculent gamekeeper, in whose 

 eyes you will certainly cut a strange and very suspicious figure, and who will 

 have no notion that you are prowling after "untaxed and undisputed game;'' 

 there, I say, with a reflector lamp at your girdle, and a flat brush in your 

 hand, wash on a small portion of the trunks of an 'ad libitum' number of 

 trees, the "lotion" I shall presently describe the component parts of. Take of 

 the coarsest brown sugar you can purchase, one ]>ound; of beer, say one pint; 

 boil both well together, and add a little of the liquor which, "My dear young 

 friend, if there be one liquour less abominable than another, it is that commonly 

 called — rum," each time when used. Thi? decoction will be found wonderfully 

 attractive to moths; and on returning to the trees after a proper interval, 

 during which the darkness has come on, you will frequently have both quantity 

 and quantity to choose from. Ton can best carry the seductive draught in a 

 tolerably large "Pocket Pistol," made by some handy tinman for the purpose — 

 a sort of large "quaigh," with an extra case for its lower part, taking on and 

 off the outside — into which a necessary portion of the mixed ingredients can 

 be poured as required. 



