INSTRUCTIONS TOR 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. 
Aptera. Spring-tails, Fish-insects, Fire-brats. 
Collecting Material and Apparatus. 
Nets, pill-boxes, glass tubes, cyanide killing-bottle, collecting-tin, 
collecting-bottle, strong knife or digger, lantern. 
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