cage, or tying the butterfly in a gauze bag over a limb or living spray of leave? 

 and branches. I am led to believe that a simpler and more successful method 

 of obtaining eggs from butterflies is to confine the female in a paper ba7, the 

 mouth of which is tied around the foodplant. Whatever method is employed 

 the butterfly must be fed with pieces of apple soaked in honied water as above 

 mentioned, else she will perish of hunger and thirst. Beginners may experiment, 

 if the}' like, with butterflies which will only lay upon the foodplant, but must not 

 be disappointed if they do not succeed. The female should not be confined in 

 the direct sunlight, nor where ants, or other enemies can enter and destroy the 

 eggs. While living foodplants are always best and are frequently necessary, 

 some butterfly breeders have succeeded in getting eggs by keeping fresh bouquets 

 in water in the cage. If the dried apple is placed in a small dish with a little 

 honey and water, inside the cage it is, of course, not necessary to feed the 

 female every day. 



THE NOTE BOOK. 



Your constant and indispensable companion in entomological work is a 

 note book. Record everything relating to your work. Faithfully record the 

 dates of egg laying, hatching, moulting, pupation and emergence from chrysalis. 

 Note all foodplants upon which larvae are found or upon which they feed. Jot 

 down every incident, fact, hint or suggestion which may be of value in the 1 

 future. If you capture a given butterfly or moth on a given day you will prob- 

 ably find others of the same species on the same date next year and each suc- 

 ceeding year, therefore, every specimen should bear a little label giving the 

 locality and date at which it was taken. In practice, where I take or breed 

 hundreds of specimens in a day, I place them temporarily in cigar boxes with 

 the date marked on the cover. When I get time I pin locality and date labels 

 on each specimen. 



HINTS FOR SHIPPING. 



On page 1 2 of this course you were told that boxes containing specimens 

 should be packed in a larger box and protected by excelsior or other soi't ma- 

 terial to prevent jarring. There should be at least an inch of excelsior between 

 the inner boxes and the outer one, and it should be loosely packed. Do not 

 compress the excelsior or other material, but let it be loose and fluffy. When 

 sending by express the outer box may be pasteboard, providing no paper is 

 wrapped around it. A hat box will pass through the express quite safely 

 if there is no paper wrapped around it, because agents will handle it carefully. 

 If tied up in heavy wrapping paper the frail nature of the outer box might not 

 be apparent. Strong tin boxes wrapped in paper are frequently crushed and the 

 Contents ruined, when paper boxes might have arrived in perfect condition 

 if fully exposed to view. All express companies prefer that fragile packages 

 should not be wrapped in paper. This method of packing does not apply to 

 parcel post. If you do not send by express you must take the risk of having your 

 packages crushed by heavier packages. Always place a value on your package. 

 It is not only useful in case 01' loss but it insures extra care on part of the agent- 

 section "E" rate given by express companies on packages of less than $10.00 

 valuation is 1 cent per ounce. 



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