INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTING 
INSECTS. 
In the following instructions the orders of insects are generally 
referred to by their scientific names ; viz. — 
Hymenoptera. Saw-flies, Gall-flies, Ichneumons, Ants, Wasps, 
Bees. 
Diptera. Gnats, Daddy-long-legs, Horse-flies, House-flies, and 
other two- winged flies. 
Lepidoptera. Butterflies and Moths. 
Trichoptera. Caddis-flies. 
Neuroptera. Termites (White Ants), Stone-flies, Ant-lions, Lace- 
wings, May-flies, Dragon-flies. 
Orthoptera. Earwigs, Cockroaches, Mantids, Phasmas (Stick- 
insects), Crickets, Locusts, Grasshoppers. 
Coleoptera. Beetles. 
Hemiptera. Bugs. 
Homoptera. Cicadas, Lantern-flies, Froth-flies, Aphides, Scale- 
insects. 
Collecting Material and Apparatus. 
Nets, pill-boxes, glass tubes, cyanide killing -bottle, collecting-tin, 
collecting-bottle, strong knife or digger, lantern. 
Pins, corked boxes, forceps (curved and fine), brushes, gum, card, 
round punch, pocket-lens, fine-pointed scissors. 
Naphthaline in flakes, carbolic acid, chloroform, spirit. 
Nets of at least two kinds are necessary for general collecting : 
an umbrella-net for beating, sweeping, etc. ; and a cane-net for 
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