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and afterwards came the idea of an improved " sugar," made as 



follows : 



Coarse brown sugar (foots), lib. I Porter (or ale), 1 gill. 



Treacle (common), ilb. | Eum, a wineglassf ul or ^ qnartern. 



Mix together the sugar, treacle, and beer in a saucepan, and bring 

 the mixture to the boiling point, stirring it meanwhile. Put it 

 in corked bottles, and just before you wish to use it add the rum. 

 Aniseed is sometimes used as the flavouring medium. Honey 

 is also substituted for sugar, and sometimes the whole is mixed 

 unboiled ; but if the collector will try the foregoing recipe, the 

 result of many years' experience, he will, I am sure, be 

 thoroughly satisfied. 



The entomologist having provided himself with a bottle of the 

 foregoing mixture, a tin pot to pour it into, and a brush to lay 

 it on with, the net figured at Fig. 46, the cyanide bottle, a 

 collecting box, and a lantern, is equipped for sugaring. 



A special sugaring can may be made from a tin canister, to 

 the rim of which a sort of funnel has been 

 soldered in such a manner as to prevent any 

 spilling of the contents, and to the lid of 

 which a brush has been affixed. The wood- cut 

 (Fig. 51), will explain. 



This is, however, but a "fad," intended to 

 do what it never does — viz., keep your fingers 

 from sticking, and " your tongue from evil 

 speaking" about the "messiness" of the 

 " sugar." 



All seasons of the year (except when too great 

 an abundance of a favourite flower abounds) 

 yield a certain percentage of moths attracted 

 by sugar. Mild nights in the depth of winter, 

 or in very early spring, sometimes afford rari- 

 ties, and certainly many hybernated common 

 species. Wai-m, cloudy nights, with a little 

 wind stirring, are generally the most favourable; but one of 

 the best nights I ever had amongst the "Peach Blossoms" 

 and "Buff Arches" {Thyatira hatis and derasa) was in a wood 

 in "Warwickshire, when the rain fell in torrents, accompanied 

 with fierce lightning and thunder, from about 11 p.m. until 6 



Fig. 51.— Sugar- 

 ing Can. 



