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I' oil. The net must be bound with a broad 

 welt of ribbon or cloth, for the sticks to pass 

 through ; at the top or centre, where the cross- 

 pieces meet, a bit of wash-leather should be 

 sewed in the band, and stitched through the mid- 

 dle, to form a hinge, and to prevent the cross- 

 pieces from slipping over each other ; at the 

 bottom of the net about four inches of the 

 gauze should be turned up, to form a bag ; this 

 will frequently impede the escape of many in- 

 sects, and prevent others from falling out of 

 the net. This net is intended to take insects 

 on the wing, and it is well adapted for that pur- 

 pose, as it may be instantly opened or folded 

 together, and thus the insects are easily se- 

 cured: even the smallest insects cannot escape, 

 if the net is not damaged, and the gauze is 

 fine. It also answers well for collecting cater- 

 pillars, and many of the coleopterous insects 

 that inhabit trees and shrubs : in using it for 

 this purpose, the Collector must hold it in his 

 left hand, under the tree or shrub intended to 

 be beaten, and strike the branches with a stick, 

 when the insects will fall into the net, and are 

 easily captured. [PL IV, fig. 1.] 



2. HOOP NET. As many of the butterflies 

 settle only on the summits of trees, and always 



