216 INSTRUMENTS USED IN COLLECTING, &C. 



The entomological forceps made use of in Ger- 

 many are not only longer in the handles, but also, 

 larger in the leaves. The leaves are generally from, 

 ten to twelve inches in diameter. 



POCKET COLLECTING BOX. 



The lepidopterist ought to provide himself with 

 one or two light chip boxes, or thin deal ones.] 

 These should be lined with cork on the bottom. 

 When an insect is taken, and killed, a pin should bei 

 passed through its thorax, and with this it ought to 

 be attached to the bottom of the box. These boxes! 

 should have camphor placed in them, within a 

 small gauze bag, which has the effect of rendering, 

 the animal soon stupid, and ultimately of killing it/ 



Messrs Kirby and Spence recommend that thea 

 boxes should be numbered in a small memorandum-' 

 book, earned for the purpose, in which should be: 

 inserted any remarks, as to food, station, and habits 

 of any insect which may be taken, inserting against 

 them the number of the box or phial that con- 

 tains it. 



The same gentlemen say they have found, when 

 at a loss, a piece of elder, with the pith taken oufc 

 to a sufficient depth at both ends, and each mouth 

 stopped with a wooden plug, a useful insect box. 

 This we should think particularly useful in the case] 



