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parts should be brazed and not soldered together. (If difficulty 

 is experienced in the manufacture of this article, it may be 

 obtained from any dealer in entomological requisites for a 

 few pence.) The bag may be made of leno, tarletan, or fine 

 mosquito-netting ; the latter is the most serviceable, and should 

 be used wherever it can be ob- 

 tained. The size of the bag at 

 the top, where it has a wide band 

 to take the cane, should not exceed, 

 the circumference of the cane ring- 

 when fitted in the two arms of the 

 Y-piece ; the depth should be just 

 a little less than the length of one's 

 arm, and the bottom should be 

 rounded off so that no corners are 

 available for the butterflies to get 

 into and damage their wings. An 

 opening about 3 inches in length 

 is left in the seam of the bag just 

 under the Y-piece, so that the 

 cane may be removed and rolled 

 up when the net is put out of 

 action. The ring band should be 

 covered with some stouter material 

 to prevent it from fraying, thin 

 leather is sometimes used for this 

 purpose ; the slit in the seam also requires protecting on 

 each side, and strengthening at the lower end by a crosspiece. 

 An ordinary walking-stick, with the ferrule end thrust into the 

 longer tube of the Y, will serve as a handle to the complete net. 

 The dealers adverted to above generally stock a variety of 

 nets ready fitted for use. Among these is a very useful pattern 

 known as the kite or balloon net (Fig. 13). This is made in 

 two sizes, and as the writer has used this kind of net for at least 



Fig. 13. 

 Kite or Balloon Net. 



