BUTTERFLY COLLECTING IN INDIA. 509: 
bazaar mistri could turn out the frame, if given the drawing and the description, 
while any dirzi could make the net. The material for the net is a matter of im- 
portance ; it must be soft and any new stuff should be thoroughly soaked to get 
the starch out; mosquito netting, mull mull, leno are all good and what is known 
as pineapple silk is better still ; colour is probably of no importance, but green 
and sometimes khaki is fashionable. Always carry a spare net to replace a torn. 
one. . 
A is the Y piece, made of 7 inch brass ; 
the stalk 5 inches long and each branch 
2 inches, the splay being 70 degrees. 
The diameter of the tube to take F is 
$ in. and of the tubes to take B 3 in. 
The branches must be firmly soldered 
to the stalk and a pin rivetted right 
through is a good thing. The weakest 
part of the whole frame is the junction 
of the branches to the stalk in the Y and 
I always carry a spare Y in my haver- 
sack. 
B, B. are the base pieces of the frame ; they must be of stiff wood 17 
in. long hy $ in. diameter. The A end should be brass capped so as to 
fit the Y and the other end should have a brass socket so as to take C and 
D. C, D are the top pieces of the frame, made of cane, 3 in diameter, 
bent as shown ;Cis 183 in. andD 16}in. long. Cis brass capped one 
end and socketted the other; D is socketted both ends. All caps and 
sockets must be secured by a pin running through the wood. 
EK. isthe net. The top portion is made of strong calico, length all round 
66 in. by width 2 in, The dimensions of the net are shown in the drawing. 
At the Y and at the apex the calico and the net are slit down for a distance 
of 5 in. the slit being lined with calico ; this is for putting on the frame and 
I then close the opening with a safety pin. 
F is the stick, a stout bamboo 39 in. long by { in. diameter. 
G is a brass tube 4 in. long by ? in. diameter. It is fixed on the end of 
H, the extension stick, and fits on to G, when it is desired to catch butter- 
flies out of ordinary reach, 
20. To catch a butterfly, a rapid sideways sweep of the net is probably the 
best method, followed by a twist of the wrist so that the net is folded over the 
frame. Before making the sweep, see that you are not going to get the net torn 
to bits by a thorny bush. Certain butterflies sit very tight on the ground and for: - 
them the best method is to flop the net over the butterfly and then quickly hold 
up the net itself vertical, when the well behaved ones will fly up and the twist 
of the wrist, as before, will do the rest. 
21. Having caught the butterfly the next thing to do is to killit. I always 
pinch them and believe it to be the best method. The butterfly should be killed 
as quickly as possible by getting it into a fold in the net, persuading it to fold 
its wings over its body and pinching it at the thorax or that part of the body, 
whence spring the legs ; the Danaids require a great deal of pinching, but delicate 
