now TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE INSECTS 7 



There are about as many recipes for making the sugar mixture 

 as there are for "mother's biscuits." Baking molasses usually forms 

 the basis. Some additions arc any combination or all of stale beer, 



Figure 1 . Diagrammatic section of a trap for insects which are attracted by light, a. Supporting strings ; 

 b. Lamp shut off from the trap by a glass plate or netting; c, Canvas bag with cyanide bottle; d, 

 Glass plates or netting set at an angle. The space between the inner edges of d should be about one 

 inch wide. 



rum, asafoetida and brown sugar. The mixture should spread easily 

 but not run badly. It is to be applied before dusk on tree trunks, 

 fence rails and the like. Starting from some comfortable resting 



