HOW TO CATCH A 





CHAPTER IV, 



BUTTERFLIES E THB CABHTET HOW TO CATCH THEM APPARATUS 



oonro OUT WKATHIR LOCALITIES LOCAL BCTTKRTLUS 



I5COQMTOS FIELD WORK FAVOURITE STATIONS BEWAH1 

 OT THE BRAMBLE. 



mention of butterflies " in the cabinet " leads at 

 once to the question, how to get them there ; or, in 

 other -words, How TO CATCH A BUTTERFLY. 



This is a question often less difficult to answer ic 

 words than in action, for many of our butterflies are 

 gifted not only with strong prejudices against the inside 

 of a net, but with very strong powers of" escaping from 

 that unpleasant situation. Still, by aid of proper ap- 

 paratus, a sure eye and hand, and often, of a good pail 

 of legs, there is no butterfly, however fleet and wary, 

 Jiat we may not feel ourselves a tolerable match for. 



Firstly, then, as to the outdoor apparatus required. 



This is simple enough, a net and pocket-boxei, with a 

 few pint, being the only essentials. 1 



(1) As beginners in entomology are, I know, often glad to be informed 

 f some re table dealer from whom to procure the apparatus required for 

 the pursuit, I have pleasure in here giving the name of Mr. 1. Cooke, 

 of 30, Museum Street (six doors from the British Museum), where all the 

 apparatus mentioned in thi* work, and numerous other natural history 

 articles, are to be found, good and cheap, I believe. For the guidance of 

 joung amatern, I will meutkm the prices of a few of the mure necefcarr 



