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=CONTENTS.=
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INTRODUCTORY 3
MANUAL OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS 5
CHARACTERISTICS OF INSECTS 5
SCOPE AND IMPORTANCE OF ENTOMOLOGY 6
CLASSIFICATION OF HEXAPODS 8
Order Hymenoptera 12
Order Coleoptera 14
Order Lepidoptera 16
Order Hemiptera 17
Suborder Thysanoptera 18
Order Diptera 19
Suborder Aphaniptera 20
Order Orthoptera 21
Suborder Dermaptera 22
Order Neuroptera 22
Suborder Trichoptera 23
Suborder Mecoptera 23
Suborder Neuroptera 23
Suborder Platyptera 24
Suborder Plecoptera 25
Suborder Odonata 25
Suborder Ephemeroptera 25
Suborder Thysanura 26
COLLECTING 26
General considerations 26
Collecting apparatus 29
The sweeping net 29
The water net 31
Water dip-net 32
The umbrella 32
The beating cloth 33
The umbrella net 34
The sieve 35
The chisel 36
The trowel 36
The collecting tweezers 36
The brush 37
The fumigator 38
The haversack 38
The lens and microscope 39
Collecting Hymenoptera 39
Collecting Coleoptera 42
General directions 42
Winter collecting 43
Spring collecting 44
Myrmecophilous and Termetophilous species 44
Spring flights of Coleoptera 44
Beach collecting 45
Attracting by lights 45
Traps 45
Freshet 45
Summer collecting 46
Collecting under stones 46
Collecting in rotten stumps and logs 46
Collecting in dying or dead trees 47
Beating living trees, shrubs, and vines 47
Sweeping 47
Collecting on mud and gravel banks 48
Collecting aquatic beetles 49
Collecting at the seashore and on sandy places 49
Collecting dung beetles 49
Night collecting 50
Fall collecting 50
Collecting Lepidoptera 50
Collecting the adults 50
Collecting the early states 53
Collecting Hemiptera 54
Collecting Diptera 55
Collecting Orthoptera 57
Collecting Neuroptera 58
Pseudoneuroptera 58
Neuroptera 59
KILLING AND PRESERVING INSECTS 60
First preservation of living specimens 60
Killing specimens 61
Alcohol 61
Chloroform and ether 62
Cyanide of potassium 63
Other agents 65
Special directions for different orders 66
ENTOMOTAXY 67
Care of pinned and mounted specimens 67
Insect pins 67
Preparation of specimens 68
Pinning 69
Mounting on points 70
Mounting duplicates 73
Temporary storage of specimens 74
Envelopes for Lepidoptera, etc. 74
Directions for spreading insects 75
A new apparatus for spreading Microlepidoptera 76
Spreading Microlepidoptera 77
Relaxing 79
Inflation of the larvae of Lepidoptera 80
Stuffing insects 82
Dry preservation of Aphides and other soft-bodied insects 82
Mounting specimens for the microscope 84
Preparing and mounting the wings of Lepidoptera 86
Preservation of alcoholic specimens 88
Apparatus and methods 88
Vials, stoppers, and holders 89
Preserving micro-larvae in alcohol 92
Preservative fluids 93
Alcohol 93
Alcohol and white arsenic 93
Alcohol and corrosive sublimate 94
Two fluids to preserve form and color 94
Glycerin 94
The Wickersheim preserving fluid 94
Labeling specimens 95
General directions 95
Labels for pinned specimens 95
Labeling alcoholic specimens 97
Cabinet for apparatus 98
INSECT BOXES AND CABINETS 98
General directions 98
The folding box 98
The cabinet 100
The Lintner display box 101
The Martindale box for Lepidoptera 104
Horizontal _versus_ vertical arrangement of boxes 104
Lining for insect boxes 104
ARRANGEMENT OF INSECTS IN THE CABINET 106
Systematic and biologic collections 106
Economic displays 106
Labeling collections 107
MUSEUM PESTS, MOLD, ETC 108
Museum pests 108
Remedies 109
Naphthaline 109
Bisulphide of carbon 110
Mercury pellets 110
Carbolic acid 110
A means of preserving insects in dry, hot countries 110
Mold 111
Verdigrising and greasing 111
THE REARING OF INSECTS 112
General directions 112
The breeding cage, or vivarium 112
Detailed instructions for rearing 115
The root cage 118
Other apparatus 119
The insectary 120
DIRECTIONS FOR PACKING AND TRANSMITTING INSECTS 121
NOTES AND MEMORANDA 123
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTING AND PRESERVING ARACHNIDS AND MYRIAPODS 124
Directions for collecting spiders 124
Apparatus 124
Time and locality for collecting 125
Collecting other Arachnids, mites, ticks, scorpions, etc 126
Collecting Myriapoda 130
TEXT BOOKS AND ENTOMOLOGICAL WORKS 131
Comprehensive works most useful for the student of North
American insects 132
General works on classification 132
Hymenoptera 132
Coleoptera 132
Lepidoptera 133
Hemiptera 134
Diptera 134
Orthoptera 135
Neuroptera 135
Myriapoda 135
Arachnida 136
American periodicals 136
Foreign periodicals 138
The more useful works on economic entomology 140
Entomological works published by the United States Entomological
Commission and by the United States Department of Agriculture 141
Works by the United States Entomological Commission 141
Bulletins of the Division of Entomology, U. S. Department of
Agriculture 142
Special reports and bulletins 144
HOW TO OBTAIN ENTOMOLOGICAL BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS 145