A supply of sheets of zinc, soldering irons and soft solder (to
make extra tanks).
1000 parchment labels bearing numbers.
If the above specially constructed zinc tanks cannot be
procured, wide-mouthed earthenware jars, tightly closed with
cork or rubber, may be used.
The glass tubes will be found specially useful for collecting
Arachnida, Myriopoda, small Mollusca, etc.
_For collecting Insects_—
Store boxes lined with cork-carpet.
Triangular envelopes of smooth foolscap paper for butterflies
and thin-bodied moths.
Card fly-discs.
Entomological pins (boxes of various sizes).
2 zinc oval pocket boxes lined with cork-carpet (two sizes).
6 or more sets (four each) of glass-bottomed pill-boxes covered
with jaconet.
2 pairs of entomological forceps.
4 insect killing-bottles (two sizes) in leather cases. (Hinton
& Co., 38 Bedford Street, Strand, W.C.)
A small bottle of oxalic acid, with stabbing quill fixed in
cork, for killing large insects.
2 flat killing-bottles for beetles, with glass tube passing
through the cork and fitted with a cork plug.
2 small entomological lamps.
6 tins of bicycle oil.
1 dozen 1-lb. tins of golden syrup or treacle.
2 sugar brushes.
1 3-oz. bottle of acetate of amyl (“Essence of Pear Drops,” for
mixing with treacle) (Hinton & Co.).
3 butterfly-nets (two round, one kite-shaped) with extra
bags.[10]
1 water-net (for aquatic insects).
Several pieces of cork-carpet about a foot square (for making
extra store boxes).
1 pocket lens.
2 large pickle-jars of carbolized sawdust to be used as packing
for beetles after they have been killed.
3 dozen corked glass tubes (three sizes).[11]
_For instructions regarding the collecting and preservation of specimens
in all branches of natural history, travellers and others are recommended
to provide themselves with a ‘Handbook of Instructions for Collectors,’
issued by the British Museum (Natural History). With illustrations.
Second edition, 1904. Price 1s. 6d._
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