box, it will be advisable to wrap it in a little 

 paper, to distinguish it from the other boxes. 



11. QUILLS will also be found useful: these 

 should be large and thick; they must have one 

 cud carefully stopped up with cork or cement, 

 and the other with a cork stopper. It is also 

 of advantage to tie a piece of waxed sewing 

 silk round each end, to prevent the quills from 

 splitting. The Entomologist may in these se- 

 cure with safety the most minute insect. 



12. LARV.E Box. This is essential to the 

 Collector for the safe conveyance of caterpil- 

 lars : it should be a large chip box, with a piece 

 cut out of the top and bottom, and covered with 

 gauze, for the free admission of air: a few 

 leaves or sprays of the plants on which the 

 caterpillars feed should be put into the box 

 with them. A tin box of a convenient size, and 

 perforated with small holes, is preferred by 

 some Entomologists, as, in this case, the plants 

 retain their moisture better. 



13. BREEDING CAGES are used for rearing in- 

 sects from caterpillars, and should be made of 

 wainscot, in the form represented in Plate IV, 

 fig. 9, with the sides and front covered with 

 gauze; in the centre of the box should be a tube 

 for the reception of a bottle of water, in which 



