_ hand, and a pin passed through the thorax, and then stuck into 
% INSECTS. 
Fan Forceps, plate V. fig. 12. and 13. This very useful 
instrument to the Entomologist, must be made of steel or iron, 
and about eight or ten inches in length ; its general construction 
is like that of a pair of scissors, and it is held and used in the 
same manner. Towards the points are formed a pair of fans, 
which may eher be square, oval, hexagonal, or octagonal in 
the edges, and the centres covered with fine gauze. The 
general size of the fans is from four to six inches. These 
are used for capturing Bees, Wasps, and Musce. They are 
also used for catching Butterflies, Moths, and Sphinges. I. 
an insect is on a leaf, both leaf and insect may be inclosed 
within the fans ; or if they are on a wall or the trunk of a tree, 
they may be very easily secured by them. 
Ifa Butterfly, Sphinx, or Moth, are captured by the forceps, | 
while yet between the fans, they should be pressed pretty | 
smoothly, with the thumb-nail, on the thorax or body, taking | 
care, however, not to crushit. It may then be taken into the 
the bottom of your hunting-box. 
QuiLts.—These are of great use in carrying minute insects. 
They should be neatly stopped with cork and cement, at one 
end ; the other end should be provided with a small moveable | 
cork, for a stopper. Each end should be wrapped carefully 
round with a silk thread waxed, to prevent them from splitting. 
Pocket Larva&-Box.—-For collecting Caterpillars, this box 
is very essential: it consists merely of a chip-box, witha hole 
pierced in the centre of the top and bottom, and covered with 
gauze, for the admission of air. It will be necessary to put 
into the box some of the leaves on which the larve feed, as 
_ they are very voracious, and cannot long exist without food. 
Pitt-Boxres.—No Entomologist should be without five or | 
six dozen of these useful articles. They are of great value, in | 
collecting the smaller species of Lepidopterous Insects, such as 
the Tinea, &c., and only one specimen should be put in each 
box, as, if more than one, they are apt to injure each other’s 
wings, by beating against each other. 
Sed Bh eras! —These must be made of deal board, from | 
a foot to fifteen inches long, and eight or ten inches broad, with 
| apiece of wood run across the ends, to prevent them from 
warping. They are covered with cork, which must be perfectly 
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