Directions for collecting and preserving insects . ry bottles, phials, and other smallappliances, and should be accordingly partitioned and furnished withloops or pockets on the inside. The cigar-box is for the reception ofpinned specimens, and maybe slipped onto the belt, or buttoned to thetrousers by means of leather. The greatest requisites in collecting are a pair of sharp eyes and ready hands, with coolnessand self-possession; but a fewtraps will materially aid. Oneof the most important is thehand-net, which maybe madeso as to subserve the two pur-poses of a sweeping and anair-net. The fr
Directions for collecting and preserving insects . ry bottles, phials, and other smallappliances, and should be accordingly partitioned and furnished withloops or pockets on the inside. The cigar-box is for the reception ofpinned specimens, and maybe slipped onto the belt, or buttoned to thetrousers by means of leather. The greatest requisites in collecting are a pair of sharp eyes and ready hands, with coolnessand self-possession; but a fewtraps will materially aid. Oneof the most important is thehand-net, which maybe madeso as to subserve the two pur-poses of a sweeping and anair-net. The frame of the net whichI use is illustrated herewith(Fig. 44), and Avill be foundstrong and serviceable andconveniently portable. It isconstructed as follows: Taketwo pieces of stout brass wire,each about 20 inches long;bend them half-circularly andat one end by a folding hingehaving a check on one side, &.The other ends arc bent and beaten into two square sockets,/, whichtit tn ;» nut sunk and soldered into one end of a brass tube, <1. When. f FIG. 44.—The net-frame. BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [28]
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