BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENT. SOC. 



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NEW COLLECTING NET. 



A very serviceable collecting- net can be made in the manne r 

 described below. In addition to strength and durability, it has 

 the advantage over the more common forms, that it can be rolled 



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into a very small compass, and carried in a comparatively small 

 pocket. It is particularly useful in collecting on the ground, or in 

 places where a certain amount of elastic ity is desirable in a net. 

 It is made of large size hoop-skirt or fiat steel wire. Hoop-skirt 

 wire of the ordinary thickness \ inch wide, will answer very well, 

 but a. trifle larger wire would be preferable. 



Take a piece of wire about a yard long. Slightly heat, and bend 



back about \\ inch at the ends, so that 

 the wire at these points will be double, 

 for the distance named, and present 

 springs of a wedge shaped appearance? 

 leaving | inch between the reflexed o T 

 bent end of the wire and the main 

 piece. The point at which the bend is 

 made will naturally appear like a loop, 

 Tthis should Jbe flattened. When com- 

 pleted the two ends will be "V shaped, 

 the main wire connecting the two V ' s 

 and forming in each case also one of their arms. 



Now all that is necessa.ry to complete the net is a tube with 

 square sides, made of brass. This can be easily formed and sold- 

 ered upon a square arbor. To this should also be soldered a sock- 

 et or ferule to hold the handle. This part when done will present 

 the appearance of a T. After sewing on the netting, insert the 

 two ends of the hoop in the square socket, and the net will be 

 ready for use. 



The springs that were formed at the ends of the wire will keep 

 the net firmely in place, and those unacquainted with this form 

 of net will be surprised at the service it will do. When not in use 

 the hoop can be removed from the socket and the net. rolled up in 

 the space of a few inches and with the former kept in the pocket. 

 The writer usually carries it in this way and cuts a stick for a 

 handle, when he gets into the country. The a.rmexed illustration 

 gives a fair idea of how the net should bf made. 



CHAS N. HOYT. 



Oallida punctata Lee. is said to occur quite frequently near 

 Buffalo on the flowers of* Sol id a go in /Yngnst ari'l September. 



