The Method of catching and preserving 

 Insects for Collections*. 



I. INSECTS of thefirst Order(CoLEOPTERA) 

 are found in and under the dung (Scarab&us, 

 Dermestes, Hister, Staphylinus) of animals, 

 especially of cows, horses, and sheep. Many 

 of them make holes under the dung three or 

 four inches deep ; it would therefore be neces- 

 sary to have an iron spade to dig them out when 

 in search of this tribe of insects. 



Some (Lucanus, Cerambyx, Dermestes) are 

 found in rotten and half-decayed wood, and 

 under the decayed bark of trees. On the car- 

 cases (Hister, Silpha, Staphylinus) of animals 

 that have been dead four or five days, on moist 

 bones that have been gnawed by dogs or other 

 animals, on flowers having a fetid smell, and on 

 several kinds of fungous substances, particularly 

 the rotten and most stinking : others (Byrrhus, 



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