Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Insects. 101 



region, witli a compressed, elongated white tootli at the aperture. 

 "Greatest diameter nearly half an inch. 



" Anhnal yellowish-brown, darker on the head and tentacula. 

 Foot narrow, cylindrical, half as long again as the diameter of the 

 «hell, terminating in a point. Eyes black. 



The hair-like projections above mentioned, and also represented 

 in the figure, did not appear on the specimens I collected on the 

 mountain, and Dr. Gould says they are often wanting at every 

 stage of growth., 



K B. 



ARTICLE XI. — Instructions for Collecting and Preserving 

 Insects. By William Couper, Toronto, Cor. Mem. Lit. & 

 His. Soc, Quebec, and Nat. His. Soc, Montreal. 



During the last two years, I have had several letters from young 

 men, residing in various parts of the Province, soliciting informa- 

 tion with regard to the methods of collecting and preserving 

 insects. This, of course, shews that entomology is rapidly com- 

 ing into notice in Canada. To give the young Canadian tyro 

 ■every information ; to encourage and initiate as many as possible 

 into the delightful study of entomology is my whole desire. 



Canada, with its vast extent of for«st and cultivated lands will 

 surely continue to furnish fresh material to hundreds of entomo- 

 logists, for many years to come. Iti England, there are not less 

 than three hundred persons engaged in the study of entomology, 

 and during the last few years many new species have been added 

 to the old collections. 



With one or two exceptions, the present collections of Canadian 

 doleoptera ar-e either local or composed of captures made within 

 certain limits ; therefoi-e, a thoroughly Canadian collection cannot 

 be established until the parties who are engaged in tbe study, 

 comes to some arrangement for the exchange of duplicates. 



Very little has been done in Lepidoptera ; I believe there is not 

 one good collection of this Order in the Province, and yet, thou- 

 sands of beautiful moths may be captured during summer. We 

 are, therefore, far behind our neighbors in the United States, in our 

 knowledge of this branch of entomology. Indeed, I may say the 

 same oi Hymenoptera and Dip)tera. 



