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Preservation of larva, 240 



Bearing aquatic larva 1 , 242 



Bearing insects in general, 243 



Sugaring for moths, 246 



Traps for motJiS ' 246 



Bearing caterpillars, 247 



Hibernating larvae, 252 



Management of pupa, 252 



Fairing or mating Lepidoptera in captivity, 253 



Treatment of tlie eggs, 254 



Collecting and rearing Micro-lepidaptera, 254 



Preserving micro-larva in alcohol, 266 



Preserving larvae dry, 267 



Bleaching tlie icings for the study of the venation 268 



Mounting the wings of Mkro-lepidoptera, 269 



Mounting tlie wings of Macro-lepklopter a, 269 



To remove grease, 270 



Collecting and Preserving Coleoptera, 271 



Bearing tiger- and ground-beetles, 276 



Bearing of burying-beetles, 278 



Bearing wood-boring larva', Longicorns, etc., 278 



Bearing of bark- and bast-boring beetles, 279 



Bearing lar vie of dung-beetles, 279 



Cleansing greasy beetles, 280 



To wash old, soiled specimens, . . ■ 280 



Collecting and Preserving Hemiptera, 280 



Examining live Aphides 281 



Preservation of Orthoptera, 282 



Preservation op Dragon-flies, May-flies, Caddis-flies, 



etc., 282 



Collecting and Rearing Diptera, 284 



Collection and Preservation of Hyiienoptera, .... 287 



CHAPTER VII. 

 MODE OF DISSECTING INSECTS. 289-293 



The external anatomy, 289 



The internal anatomy, 289 



Dissection of Aphides, 292 



