6 CATERPILLARS AND THEIR MOTHS 



bottles of chloroform, alcohol, naphtha, ink, and glue ; 

 boxes of rubber bands, gummed labels, insect-pins, 

 chopped sphagnum, and pieces of scrim cut to fit the 

 different boxes ; setting-boards; pipettes for applying 

 naphtha or chloroform to doomed insects ; and wooden 

 boxes, pasteboard boxes, and empty larva-tins of all 

 sizes and shapes, from the smallest round pill-boxes to 

 large, square-cornered citron-boxes, all with covers 

 which shut over their edges. The closet drawers hold 

 balls of twine, rolls of wrapping-paper, blotting-i^aper, 

 old cotton, and large pieces of netting, lace, and scrim. 



The room has shelves around the walls, and on these 

 shelves stand the caterpillar-tins and insect-cages in 

 use, while on the lower shelf, close by the door, are 

 tumblers to put over moths and tin boxes to hold 

 caterpillars brought by the children, to whose kindness 

 we owe many a fine specimen. On a low set of 

 drawers for spread specimens stands our large butter- 

 fly cage. Under the shelves are large tin boxes for the 

 food-plants of the caterpillars, and our tin collecting- 

 boxes, a large pail of water for freshening the twigs 

 collected for food, and a large waste-basket. 



The Crawlery is our best working-place, because 

 here we have every convenience, but we have done 

 much "crawling" in other rooms and with scant 

 supplies of everything but tin boxes, scrim, rubber 

 bands, caterpillars, and patience. The Crawlery is not 

 a necessity, but it is a great help and satisfaction. 



Our out of doors equipment is very simple, consist- 

 ing of small pocket tins for eggs and small caterpillars, 

 tin pails or larger tin boxes for larger larvae, our 

 "botany-box" or "vasculum" for the leaves we must 



