TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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GENERAL, CONSIDERATIONS, 1 



Introductory remarks, 1 



Collecting apparatus, 3 



The net, 3 



The forceps, 5 



Killing insects for the cabinet, 6 



Pinning insects, 7 



Preservative fluids, 9 



Preparing insects for the cabinet, 11 



Insect cabinet, 13 



Transportation of insects, 15 



Preservation of larvae, 16 



Rearing larvae, 16 



Classification of Insects, 20 



SPECIAL DIRECTIONS FOR COLLECTING INSECTS. 



Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ichneumon Flies, Gall Flies 



and Saw Flies), 25 



Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths), 26 



Dip tera (Flies, Mosquitoes, Bot Flies etc.), 37 



Coleoptera (Beetles), 38 



Hemiptera (Bugs, Plant Lice, Bark Lice, Lice), .... 42 



Orthoptera (Grasshoppers), , 43 



Neuroptera (Dragon Flies, May Flies, Caddis Flies), . . 44 



Arachnida (Spiders, Scorpions and Mites), 48 



Myriopoda (Centipeds, Thousand Legs, Millepeds), . . 49 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, 51 



INDEX, 53 



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