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tremely useful in taking the hymenopterous and 

 dipterous insects. If an insect be found on a 

 leaf, both leaf and insect may be inclosed in the 

 forceps ; or if lodged against the trunk of a 

 tree, paling, or any flat surface, they may very 

 conveniently be entrapped: the forceps is also 

 the best instrument for taking bees, wasps, and 

 such insects as inhabit walls and sandy banks. 

 When the insect is secured in the forceps, it 

 should be pressed with the thumb and finger 

 pretty smartly on the thorax, but not so hard 

 as to crush it ; it may then be shaken into the 

 hand, and a pin passed through the thorax (this 

 method is also used with moths when taken in 

 the net), or a pin may be passed through the 

 thorax while the insect is between the gauze, and 

 then carefully taken out by the pin. [PL IV, 

 fig. 6.] 



8. COLLECTING Box. This, for hot climates 

 where the lepidopterous insects are large, must 

 be in proportion, otherwise the Collector will 

 frequently be obliged to reject insects for want 

 of room. The box should be about four inches 

 deep, and corked at top and bottom ; a large 

 chip box, being light, answers extremely well, if 

 the top and bottom be previously well secured 

 with glue. Camphor in a piece of muslin should 

 always be kept in the box, which will tend, in a 



