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Method of collecting them in their Cater- 
pillar State. 
Befides the method of colle&ing ca- 
terpillars by attentively examining the 
leaves and other parts of plants at dif- 
ferent times of the year, there is ano- 
ther ; viz. by beating the boughs of 
trees, particularly the taller ones, with 
long poles, fpreading a large ffieet un- 
derneath to receive them. 
By this means many very valuable 
caterpillars are ofter caught, which 
would with great difficulty be procured 
by any other means, 
Caterpillars ffiould be handled as little 
as poffible ; the more hairy ones are in 
general the leaft hurt by it. It will 
be fteceflary to carry a box in the 
pocket, 
