EQUIPMENT, APPAKATL'S, ANi) LiJUiAKV 



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Individual apparatus. In cuMilion, the outlit of each stu- 

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

 scrim net for collecting in water, one cyanide hottlc <>ne 

 paper of assorted insect phis, one do/cii insect-mount intr cuses 

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

 notes and data of field collections, the other lar^-er, unruled. 



Fig. 4. ]\Iaking insect nets 



for laboratory notes and drawings). 'Hiese should be [)aged 

 and hidexed for quick reference from one to the other. 



A vital feature of the course is the making of simple ai)pa- 

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

 precious for outdoor work, the necessary apparatus should be 

 provided to begin \\ith, but after the iirst year it should ])e 

 made by the })revious class ; that is, each (dass should take 

 a turn at making apparatus during {\\v w inter in order that 

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

 lowing autumn. Since it is to be ho[)c(l that the students will 



