1 86 NOTEBOOKS AND COLLECTIONS 



touoli the bodies, as it is apt to damage the 

 colours. The central groove of the setting- 

 board will have to be half an inch wide, to 

 leave room for setting the legs. 



As moths are mostly nocturnal in their 

 habits, the collector seldom nets them. A 

 few day-flying species may be taken on the 

 wing, but, as a rule, other expedients have to 

 be adopted. Rearing from the larvae is one 

 mode. Other methods are collecting pupae, 

 and attracting and capturing moths by means 

 of a light, tree trunks smeared with a mixture 

 of treacle and beer, ivy blossom, or (in some 

 species) a decoy female. These are fully 

 described in the books. The most interesting 

 is rearing either from the egg or caterpillar 

 a process which only needs a little patience 

 and experience. 



Beetles and similar insects demand a 

 different system, both of capturing and setting. 

 The net required is a stout sweeping net of 

 sheeting, on a strong wire ring at the end of 

 of a stick. This is employed for brushing 

 through grass and herbage to catch the beetles 

 that lurk there. The butterfly- net, or an 

 umbrella inverted, is of much use when 



