COLLECTING AND BEARJNO TN8ECT8 



stout brass tube, the other held in pin in the 



end of the tube; it is simple and useful in travelling. The 

 pin can be drawn through the mi upon opening the 



The ' ' should be made much stouter, with 



a shallower cloth i attached to a shorter stick.* It 



jed for beating trees, bushes, and herbage for beetles 

 and Semiptera and various larvae. Its thorough use we 

 would recommend in the low vegeta- 

 tion on mountains and in meadows-. 

 The water-net may be either round 

 orof the shape indicated in Fig. *: 

 The ring should be made of brass, 

 and the shallow net of grass-cloth or Fio.sw.— wa 

 coarse mill inet. It is i Electing aquatic in- 



.Mr. Schmelter recommends lecting small water- 



. etc., a net made of ordinary muslin, with a bottom 

 of the finest brass wire-cloth, the i of which 



exceed ' nun.: the water will readily pass through this i 

 while the smallest u will be retained. Herr I 



Bchmidl sii in " Entomologische Na hrichtei 



constructed entirely of woven wire, bi would 



clumsy to carry about, and Schmelter's net is preferab 



Various sorts of forceps are indispensable for hand: 

 insects. Small, delicate, narrow-bladed I -. with fine 



sharp points, such as are used by jewellers, and made either 



re excellent for handling minut. - 

 mens. For larger om s, long, curved forceps ar 

 venient. For pinning insects into l the for 



8 ; r uses one made of a strong wire rin 



and a half feel in diameter, with a bag of muslin attach 

 tin same depth, firmly fixed to the end of a si 

 feel long. In another form which is much used "th 

 differ* nl parts, two or three, which arc conn< 

 and the ring can It folded when noi in use. 1 ; 

 the ends of this ring are firmly fixed into a tul in fits 



tightly on the end of an ordinary walking cam I ickle 



store, rings of this or of a similar construction ar Hull. 



klyn Ent. Soc., i. 2i D iley desi i uet 



with a folding frame in Can. Ent., \. 62. 



