Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . the case withmoths. To make a good sugaring mixture,take half a pint of beer, a quarter of a poundof sugar, and the same of treacle; boiltogether until the sugar is dissolved, andwhen cool add half a gill of rum. Applythis mixture to the trunks of trees in streaksabout two inches wide. Having sugared asufficient number of trees, the entomologistgoes from one to another with a lantern andkilling bottle, and captures those insectswhich he requires. The number of mothswhich can be caught in an evening by theprocess of sugaring is often enormous. Having caught
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . the case withmoths. To make a good sugaring mixture,take half a pint of beer, a quarter of a poundof sugar, and the same of treacle; boiltogether until the sugar is dissolved, andwhen cool add half a gill of rum. Applythis mixture to the trunks of trees in streaksabout two inches wide. Having sugared asufficient number of trees, the entomologistgoes from one to another with a lantern andkilling bottle, and captures those insectswhich he requires. The number of mothswhich can be caught in an evening by theprocess of sugaring is often enormous. Having caught a butterfly or moth andkilled it,fasten it into the collecting box bysticking a pin through its side. By adopt-ing this plan the insects back is uninjuredas the hole at the side is not seen when theinsect is set out. Besides, by pinning»themthrough the side, several insects can beplaced on one pin, thus enabling the boxto hold more than if each insect were pinnedout separately. Amos Quin. 126 STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIERS LAWN TENNIS. MOST gracefuland d e li g li t f u 1game, is lawn ten-nis. Every yearit becomes morefashionable in thebest circles. Nomore pleasant andhealthful exercisecan be had; andnothing in the wayir^ o f movement*~ .shows a fine figureand good carriageto better game isplayed with balls and rackets, on each sideof a net, stretched vertically with thehorizon, between two posts, as here lawn tennis court is 30 feet wide, and78 feet long. The net divides this into twoequal parts. The height of the net at theposts is 4 feet, and in the centre 3 feet. Adiagram of the lawn tennis ground is givenon the opposite page. Firm, heavy turf is usually chosen for thelawn-tennis ground in this country; but any
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