CHAPTER V. 
How to Catch and Kill Insects. 
Every pupil who intends to study insects should 
provide himself with the following apparatus: 
1. Insect-net. 
2. Cyanide bottle or 
bottle of gasoline. 
3. Plenty of pins; or¬ 
dinary will do. Regular 
insect pins are preferred. 
4. ' Several empty cigar- 
boxes, lined with sheet 
cork. 
5. A bottle of alcohol 
or formaldehyde solution, 
for preserving soft speci¬ 
mens. 
The insect-net is noth¬ 
ing more than a thin mus¬ 
lin or cheese-cloth bag, 
usually conical in shape 
and having a hem around Fig. 4.—Insect-net. 
the top. Into this hem is thrust a piece of stiff wire. 
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