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possible should be placed in alcohol, as it is difficult, if not 

 impossible, to examine the under lip, etc., in dried speci- 

 mens. The hairy species of bees should be pinned while in 

 the net. The minute ichneumon flies should be gummed like 

 small beetles upon cards, or preserved in small pill-boxes. 

 The nests of bees, wasps, and ants, and the young in the 

 different stages of development, should be collected, and 

 the latter placed at first in weak and afterwards in strong 

 alcohol. 



