Show few occupations arc dioro pleasant or instructive during the spring and than aliu ayo if thereby trained to observe and appreciate alic beauty nature has so lavishly bestowed on theo creatures iho first in collecting is to catch your insect certain irinec ti lucli ns thu beetle bo casily caught by the canil but for tho capture of whined insects like alio but n net is this may bo made in the following manner disend 1 piece nf medium sized wire alie length will depend on the size of alic not in alic form of a circle with it two ends at liht angles to the circumference anil in alio kiac plane with it bior a handle select a round piece of wood a broom will answer but something not quite so heavy 11 belter cut on appos ditc itc sides of it nt alic and two roecs to the binl ends of alic wire and then bind alic wire to the liandro hh 1 stout string the string holds he wire to the handle and alic grooves pre it aiom clipping out of its place the net made of mosquito netting it is like a and sewed to tho wire frame the insect when captured may bo treated as follows Ite ellus bo put into a small wida bottlo billed with alcohol drop the beetou inlo the alcohol cork tho bottle and he will gie you no more trouble alio simplest way tr dispose of buttar ii to carry a small botalo of chiloro form or of ether and a camels hair brush with it apply a drop of alie liquid to the head of th e insect and he will rest quietly As the ailor of some insects aa alie is chucked chunked by immersion in nl cohol they should also be etherized etheri zed one tiling more irusle be attended to ami then alio collector may hasten lo 10 the fields in of his abc A collect in box in which to pin the butterflies after they leavo been caught and killed by the chloroform or ether is necessary if possible a iliin sheet of cork or even actions of ordinary bottle cork should be pluck to alio llio bottom of the box in order to leold alic pins firmly for pins alie lon klender ko called puts pins history store arc to be preferred but ordinary pins of eizu may ho used A couple of strips of leather glued to tho outside of the collecting box will bo found useful lor listening it to alic waist of aliu collector by a bolt book strap or stout cord experience will soon teach alio beat places aro to bo found on returning homo from a collecting excursion abo bo arc pared as soon as for the private museum tho beetled require buts liht preparation remove them from aho bottle and pin them through tho liht win cover but not in the middle of the back if as happens the les of thu insect anro cramped under the body araw them out and extend them as they when thu insect is walking sc aring them by pins until tho insect is alry and stitt when tho pins may be removed aad alic beetles placed in the collection youths companion |