REARING ' .1 TBRPILl I.'. 247 



Indeed, the electric lights now make t 



places, and they attract moths and t> such as 



tenl that almost nothing can be taken at sugar 



lamps where these lights are situated. A ght trap may 



be made by a lantern combined with a r< 



out of doors; under the lantern a funi • eral inches 



larger than the lantern may reach down into a box or b 



containing the fumes of chloroform or ether, or benzine, 



or, if the lantern is used for beetles, into a bottle filled with 



dilute alcohol. 



I- should !><■ borne in mind, as Mr. Thaxter 

 that Noctuids always fly against the wind, and unless the 

 light is so placed that they can fly thus to get to it. i 

 Buccess \\ ill be slight. 



\\ ■• will now describe the metbj a and pre- 



ing ina nt ordi 



Rearing Caterpillars. 



The best specimens of moths and buttei 

 by rearing them from the egg, or from the larva or pupa, 

 merely breeding caterpillars in order to procure 

 i specimens for the cabinet, the modern student 

 entomology who d to trace the genealogy of Lepidop- 



fcera should study the freshly-hatched larva, and compare it 

 and the other early stages with the full-grown Ian . 



■tain a iplete life-history, v* ith istratii 



of each stage. Hence a good ileal of ••arc mn 



in breeding and describing caterpillars. In i 



the food should be kept fresh, and thebr< 



well ventilated. Tumblers covered with gau «urd 



boxes pierced with boles and fitted with ^r":.--- in 



or large glass jars— hut better still, tin : liferent 



sizes, in which the food remains fresh for -are 



very convenient to use as cages. The bot such 



sels may be covered with moist sand, ;: h the t 



