yob PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIKD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



The dollies when collecting may be selected with due regard 

 to their suitability for the purpose. A loose coat, with pockets ample 

 both in size and number and capable of being buttoned up, provides 

 stowage for a large amount of material. The forceps and lens \n\\ of 

 coiirse be carried in one pocket, the latter attached to a button-hole 

 by a string if considered necessary. A supply of small empty boxes may 

 also be carried in one side pocket and transferred as filled to the corres- 

 ponding pocket on the opposite side ; for ordinary right-handed people , 

 it is more convenient to carry empty boxes in the right-hand coat pocket. 

 The left-hand coat pocket, besides filled boxes, will hold a killing-tube 

 ready charged. An inside breast-pocket will accommodate the folding 

 net if a bag is not carried, and an outside breast-pocket securely buttoned, 

 will hold a supply of tubes with pencil and paper for labelling. Finally, 

 a few pins may be stuck into the lining of the topi and specimens such 

 as butterflies, which can be killed by pinching, pinned sideways and 

 stuck into it, several specimens on one pin if necessary to economize 

 space ; such specimens can be relaxed and moved off the pin later on 

 and either set or placed in papers. 



A note-book should be an indispensable part of the field-apparatus. 

 It should be of a convenient size, of good plain paper bound in stout 

 boards and provided with its pencil. If carried in the collecting-bag 

 it will be at hand when required to make a note on habits or any point 

 observed concerning insect or to make a sketch on the spot of any 

 peculiar attitude, etc. It is useful, in connection with such notes to 

 number them consecutively, either with a series of figures or letters, 

 and to label the specimens to which they refer with corresponding 

 numbers ; on looking over the notes afterwards it is then possible to 

 pick out in the collection the particular specimen referred to, and 

 similarly, when a numbered specimen is named up, the name can be 

 entered in the note-book, which in this way becomes a valuable 

 record. 



Setting is the name applied to the process of spreading out insects 

 partly for display in a collection and partly for convenience of proper 

 examination of their structure, the latter requirement being important 

 in the case of all collections made (as all should be) for scientific 

 purposes. When collecting in the field, it is not necessary as a rule to 

 set large insects, as it is nearly always possible to relax these after- 

 wards and they occupy a smaller amount of space if carried unset, but 

 it is desirable to set small specimens (such as Microlepidoptera) when 

 fresh, as it is often difficult to set them satisfactorily afterwards. Some 

 collectors of special groups, e.g., butterflies, also prefer to set their 

 captures when fresh. 



