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this, and bend it into the shape required; fasten the 

 ends of this wire to a light stick, five or six feet long 1 , and 

 your net is made. A piece of a bamboo fishing-rod 

 makes a good handle. You may also need a stouter net 

 for beating about in the bushes. 



A third method of capturing moths is painting trees 

 with a mixture of rum, beer, and sugar. This is done 

 in the early evening, and later, lantern in hand, you go 

 about from tree to tree and tap into your net the insects 

 stupefied by the sweet but fatal sirup. 



A very successful lure may be formed by enclosing 

 a female moth, alive, in a box covered with gauze. Fre- 

 quently a large number of moths may be taken in a single 

 evening as they hover about the imprisoned insect. 



For the capture and conveyance of beetles, etc., a 

 good supply of pill-boxes and vials of various sizes may 

 be carried in the pockets. Small forceps are convenient 

 for picking up spiders, which, however, are not now 

 classed with true insects. 



These smaller insects may be dropped at once into 

 a bottle of alcohol, and cared for on reaching home. 



Butterflies are easily killed by a sudden and strong 

 compression of the thorax- They are best carried home 

 by folding the wings back and enclosing them in little 

 three-cornered envelopes, not glued, but merely folded 

 over them. 



A vial of chloroform with a cameFs-hair brush at- 

 tached to the inside of its rubber cork is convenient. 

 A drop on the head of an insect will render it insensible, 

 and it may be pinned into your collecting-box. I>ut the 

 best means for killing large insects is the cyanide-jar. 



Take a wide-mouthed candy-jar; get your druggist 

 to lay four or five pieces of cyanide of potassium as large 

 us walnuts in it, and cover them with a layer of sawdust. 



