222 INSTRUMENTS USED IN COLLECTING, &c. 
place it in the breeding cage, near the fire, by which 
means the fluids of the body are preserved, and the 
case is not too strong for the perfect insect to pene- 
trate. He also says, that if they be placed in a 
bark stove with plants, and covered with the earth, 
they will not perish, as is the case with those gene- 
rally exposed to the temperature of our climate.” * 
* Field Naturalist’s Magazine, vol. i, p. 48. 
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