16 INSECTS. 
ing small insects which may be caught; the green, however, 
is better adapted for catching Moths. The net-rods should be 
made of hickory, beech, hazel, or holly ; they ought to be five 
feet in length, quite round, smooth, and tapering to an obtuse 
point, as at fig. 8. plate 1V.; the oblique cross-piece at the 
point, fig. a., should be of cane, and fitted into the angular 
ferrule ; the rod, marked b., must be divided into three or four 
pieces, so that it may be taken asunder and carried in the 
pocket; the upper part of each joint must have a ferrule 
affixed to it, for the purpose of articulating the other pieces, d. 
Each joint should have a notch or check, as marked at e., to 
prevent the rod from twisting. 
The net itself, fig. 7., must have a welting all round it, 
doubled so as to form a groove for the reception of the rods. 
In the centre of the upper part or point, at f., it must have a 
small piece of chamois leather, so as to form a kind of hinge ; 
this must be bound round the welting, and divided in the 
middle, so as to prevent the cross pieces from slipping over 
each other; g. shows about four inches of the gauze turned up, 
so as to form a bag; h. fh. are strings for the purpose of passing 
through the staple e., to which the net is firmly drawn on each 
side. When the net is used, a handle is to be held in each 
hand. 
If it is intended to take insects on the wing, by means of this 
net, for which it is admirably adapted, it may be folded to- 
gether in an instant. If the gauze is fine enough, and pre- | 
served whole, even the smallest insect cannot escape. It may 
be also applied in catching Coleopterous Insects, which are 
never on the wing, as well as Caterpillars. When used for 
this purpose, the Entomologist must hold it expanded under 
trees, while another must beat the branches with a stick. 
Great numbers of both insects and larva will fall in the ganze, 
and by this means many hundreds may be captured in a day. 
Another method is to spread a large table-cloth under trees 
and bushes, and then beat them with a stick. An umbrella 
reversed has frequently been used for the same purpose. Bose, 
the celebrated naturalist, used this last method,—he held the 
umbrella in the left hand, while he beat the bushes with the 
other, 
Tue Hoop or Aquatic Net, plate IV. fig. 9. This net is 
