COIXECTING. 



Since publishing Pai't I. of this work, I have received suggestions tliat, as many of 【ny readers have 

 had little practical experience in Entomology, a few directions would be servicable, especially to my 

 Japanese fellow workers. 



The apparatus required is as follows ： ~ - 



I. 



Net. 



IO. 



Setting House. 





2. 



Cyanide Bottle. 



1 1 . 



Glass Cylinders for rearing Larvae. 





n 



Collecting" Box. 



I 2. 



Cabinets. 





4- 



Larva Box. 



13- 



Pliers and Dissecting Scissors. 





5. 



Chip Boxes. 



14. 



The following - Chemicals : Potass. 



Cyanide, 



6. 



Satchel. 





Napthaline, Acetic Acid dilut., 



Plumbi 



7- 



Lantern. 





Precip., Calcis Carb. 





8. 



Tin to hold Suea に 



15' 



Pins. 





9- 



Glass Tubes. 









All apparatus used in the field should be as lightly made as possible. Specimens should be removed 

 from the Net by means of the Cyanide Bottle, and when stuptfied by the fumes, should be pin ned througrli the 

 side in tlie Collecting Box. The JNet should be not less than 2 feet across the mouth, and not too deep. 1 he 

 Umbrella Net is the most handy for use. The cyanide Bottle should be of strong" p-lass. I find the most 

 servicable to be a smooth glass tumbler, with an India rubber stopper. The Cyanide is powdered and 

 wrapped up in blotting-paper, and over this a piece of stout cardboard is placed. The Collecting Box should 

 be 8 X 10 inches, lined with cork and double-bottomed, and have a strap bv wliicli to slinp it over the shoulder. 

 The Larva Box should be made of zinc with perforated sides ； this also sliould have a strap by which it can 

 be slung over the opposite slioulder to that carrying the Collecting Box. 丁 lie Chip Boxes should be made 

 to fit one witliin the other, in nests. The Glass Tubes should have cork stoppers and should be from 1 to 1 i 

 inches deep. The Satchel sliould be made so tliat k easily opens and shuts, with a flap to prevent tlie con- 

 tents bein? jerked out when runnincr. The Setting House is a very important item, and should contain 



