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Special attention Bhould bi the 



larva d in soil, un- 



der the bark of trees, in nut 

 pools. 



A ready method «■ sting beetl .. in autumn, 



winter, or early spring ■ sift tin- leav< ted in 



in the ground and near the i :' -woods. Mr. II. 



Schmelter uses a sieve consisting of ;i wire ring of about one 

 Eoot in diameter, to which a bag of coars o uslin of about 

 the same length i- sewed, the bottom of which is formed of 

 a piece of brass-wire cloth about 10 inches in diameter, 

 and with spaces about 5 nun. square. The 

 done over a sheet of white muslin or paper 

 placing the Bieve in a bag 1'. feet in length, fastened to a 



of the M..r of that of the sieve. The 

 fall into tin- outer bag, ami can be examined at 



^ l-boring beetles, such as 



captured, says Schmelter, often in large nui 



ing off the dead branches of trees in 



plants with pithy stems, such as th 



piling up these materials in an empty room \\ th I 



an 1 windows tightly closed, the latter best mi 



Bcreen, so a- to admit of a free circulation of air. "If a 



special room for this purpose i- not at one's disposal, a 



bos connected with a small one of which si 

 should be made of glass, will answen Tin . ifter 



ug made their way nut .-f the wood durii •_ spri 

 summer, \\ ill !"• attracted by the light to 

 tin- room or into the smaller box, ami tin 

 tiued. "■ (Bull. Brooklyn Km. - ... 



A writer in "The Entomoloj n) tin.; 



coarse tut .rass which are to be in alu 



every field "are very productive it' cut n with a sharp 



knife, lifted gently, and then inverted ai shake] 



Bull. Brooklyn Enl See., i. 1" 



