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Contents 



PAGE 



Preface 5 



Collecting Insects 7 



Collectino; bottle 7 



Insect net 8 



Collecting box 9 



Folded papers for butterflies. ... 9 



Vials and small boxes 9 



Capturing insects 9 



Collecting at lights and sugar- 

 ing 12 



Immature forms 13 



Preserving insects 14 



Insect pins 14 



Pinning block 14 



Rules for pinning 15 



Spreading apparatus 15 



Directions for spreading 16 



Relaxing insects 17 



Denton's tablets 17 



Treatment of small insects 17 



Inflating larvae 18 



Alcoholic material 19 



Vials and their care 19 



Labeling insects 20 



Insect cases 21 



Museum pests 23 



Convenient accessories 23 



Shipping insects 24 



Dealers in entomologic supplies 25 



Distribution of insects 25 



Importance 25 



Life zones 26 



Imported insect pests 27 



Manner of spread 28 



Practical application 29 



Index 31 



Forest tent caterpillar. (Country gentleman, ii May 1899, 64:367") 

 Identifies eggs of Clisiocampa disstria Hlibu. and gives several 

 remedies. 



Curious insect tastes. Country gentleman, 11 May 1899, 64:368^^; 

 New York farmer. 18 May. p. 8) 



Describes work of the black carpet beetle, Attagenus piceus Oliv. 

 in whalebone cane, that of the bristle tail, Lepisma domestica 

 Pack. [Thermobia furnorum Prov.] among papers, mentions the food 

 habits of the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne Fabr. and 

 refers to lead boring by several insects, specially Sitodrepa panicea 

 Linn. 



Cut worms on carnations. (Country gentleman, 11 May 1899, 64 : $6S^^) 

 Records an attack by Peridroma saucia Hiibn. on carnations in a 

 greenhouse and recommends poisoned bait. 



Look out for caterpillars. (Country gentleman, n May 1899, 64:368^*) 

 General warning is given in regard to the tent caterpillars, Clisiocampa 

 americaua Fabr. and C. disstria Hiibn. 



[Remedies for tent caterpillars] (Daily Saratogian, 15 May 1899^ p. 2) 

 Extracts from 14th report regarding treatment of these pests and the use 



of insecticides. 

 [Remedies for forest tent caterpillar.] (Daily Saratogian, 17 May 1899, 



p.3 (a portion of the report) ; 19 May (entire report) ; also portions in 



special circular issued by direction of the street commissioners of 



Saratoga Springs) 



Recommends clearing of the trees by individual effort. The caterpillars 



should be brushed, shaken or burned from the trees and prevented from 



ascending by the use of cotton bands. 



