. The American entomologist. Entomology. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 167 and very durable foundation for a collecting net. The cork being extracted, will leave a convenient socket tor inserting a stick or walk- ing cane to serve as a handle. The net should be made of •'millinet," "book muslin," or "mosquito bar," as is most convenient; it should not exceed two feet in depth, and will prove much more durable if the wire be bound with cloth or leatlier, to which the muslin may be sewed. If the loop be made of the dimen- sions above suggested, one yard of material will suf
. The American entomologist. Entomology. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 167 and very durable foundation for a collecting net. The cork being extracted, will leave a convenient socket tor inserting a stick or walk- ing cane to serve as a handle. The net should be made of •'millinet," "book muslin," or "mosquito bar," as is most convenient; it should not exceed two feet in depth, and will prove much more durable if the wire be bound with cloth or leatlier, to which the muslin may be sewed. If the loop be made of the dimen- sions above suggested, one yard of material will suffice for the net. One or moi-e small boxes of two inches depth, lined with pith, to carry in the pocket; a paper or cushion of pins, and a wide-mouthed vial of alcoliol, will com- plete this inexpensive outtit for the collector. ^'arious circumstances will suggest modifica- tions or improvements in the apparatus. In the next paper we shall endeavor to give an aconnt of some of the objects to be collected. THE BALD-FACED HORXET. [Fig. )(I6.]. Colors—Brown-black and There are few insects more interesting than the wasps; and though some of the family are greatly abused for their depredations in the fruit line, yet I have little doubt that their oficnding in this, is much more than compen- sated for by the immense amount of grubs and files destroyed by them to feed their young. It must be confessed, though, that the way in which (hey " clean out" a Green-gage or Apri- cot is " beyond anything," leaving nodiing within but (he suspended stone; the glowing skin hanging beautiful as ever, but, like some other beauties, terribly empty. It cannot very well be denied that the wasps wore the first paper-makers. As their manu- factories were, it is to be presumed, in full blast long Ijefore there were any rags, they use wood instead, and produce from it, if not what we would call a tirst-class, certainly in every way a very creditable, article of paper. The Bald-face
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