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APPARATUS. 



THE apparatus used for taking insects is few 

 and simple: the following instruments are in- 

 dispensable, and will be found to answer every 

 necessary purpose. 



1. A NET, similar in its construction to a 

 bat-fowling net: this is generally made of fine 

 gauze or coarse muslin, and may be either 

 green or white ; the advantage of the latter is, 

 that minute insects are sooner discovered than 

 if the net be green, but the green-coloured is 

 generally preferred, being less conspicuous, and 

 better adapted for mothing. The net-rod should 

 be made of ash, beech, hazel, or other tough 

 wood ; and from three to five feet in length, 

 round, smooth, and gradually tapering from the 

 base, which should be about an inch in diameter. 

 At the top of each rod an angular ferrule is 

 fixed, so as to form a right angle with the 

 rest of the rod ; the cross pieces should be of 

 cane, and fitted into the ferrules : for the con- 

 venience of carriage, each rod is divided into 

 three pieces, which are fitted together by means 

 of ferrules, and rendered similar to a fishing 

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