COLLECTING. 



Since publishing Part I. of this work, I have received suggestions that, as many of my readers have 

 had little practical experience in Entomology, a few directions would be servicable, especially to my 

 Japanese fellow workers. 



The apparatus required is as follows : 



1. Net. 



2. Cyanide Bottle. 



3. Collecting Box. 



4. Larva Box. 



5. Chip Boxes. 



6. Satchel. 



7. Lantern. 



8. Tin to hold Sugar. 



9. Glass Tubes. 



10. Setting House. 



11. Glass Cylinders for rearing Larvae. 



12. Cabinets. 



13. Pliers and Dissecting Scissors. 



14. The following Chemicals : Potass. Cyanide, 



Napthaline, Acetic Acid dilut., Plumbi 

 Precip., Calcis Carb. 



15. Pins. 



All apparatus used in the field should be as lightly made as possible. Specimens should be removed 

 from the Net by means of the Cyanide Bottle, and when stupilied by the fumes, should be pinned through the 

 side in the Collecting Box. The Net should be not less than 2 feet across the mouth, and not too deep. 'I he 

 Umbrella Net is the most handy for use. The Cyanide Bottle should be of strong glass. I find the most 

 servicable to be a smooth glass tumbler, with an India rubber stopper. The Cyanide is powdered and 

 wrapped up in blotting-paper, and over this a piece of stout cardboard is placed. The Collecting Box should 

 be 8 X 10 inches, lined with cork and double-bottomed, and have a strap by which to sling it over the shoulder. 

 The Larva Box should be made of zinc with perforated sides ; this also should have a strap by which it can 

 be slung over the opposite shoulder to that carrying the Collecting Box. The Chip Boxes should be made 

 to fit one within the other, in nests. The Glass Tubes should have cork stoppers and should be from I to I 

 inches deep. The Satchel should be made so that it easily opens and shuts, with a flap to prevent the con- 

 tents being jerked out when running. The Setting House is a very important item, and should contain 



