EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, AND LIBRARY 11 



Individual apparatus. In addition, the outfit of each stu- 

 dent should contain the following : one insect net, one small 

 scrim net for collecting in water, one cyanide bottle, one 

 paper of assorted insect pins, one dozen insect-mounting cases 

 (assorted sizes), and two notebooks (one pocket size for field 

 notes and data of field collections, the other larger, unruled, 



FIG. 4. Making insect nets 



for laboratory notes and drawings). These should be paged 

 and indexed for quick reference from one to the other. 



A vital feature of the course is the making of simple appa- 

 ratus by the students themselves. Since time in the fall is so 

 precious for outdoor work, the necessary apparatus should be 

 provided to begin with, but after the first year it should be 

 made by the previous class ; that is, each class should take 

 a turn at making apparatus during the winter in order that 

 the laboratory m ly be well equipped for the work of the fol- 

 lowing autumn. Since it is to be hoped that the students will 



