APPENDIX. 



The preceding pages deal very largely with the classification of insects. 

 To the majority of students the identification of an insect is simply for the 

 purpose or finding the literature of the insect in question. The science of 

 entomology is much broader. Below will be founu suggestions and helps for 

 the study of insects from a somewhat broader view point. 

 COLLECTING INSECTS. 



Every student in entomology is urged to make a collection of insects, both 

 for the purpose of securing material for the study of classification which 

 every one should understand, and for the purpose of securing first hand 



Figure 357. Sweep net, beating- net and water net. 



information concerning their habits and mode of life. One will find insects 

 almost everywhere, and many can be secured and preserved without the use 

 of any special equipment. Papers for holding insects are usually folded into 



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