This text contains a comprehensive guide to collecting and preserving insects, complete with a wealth of photographs, diagrams, and detailed illustrations. The perfect handbook for discerning entomologists, this text contains everything one might want to know about insect collecting and, as such, constitutes a definitive handbook not to be missed by anyone with a serious interest in the practice. Chapters contained herein include: 'Manual of Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Insects', 'Characteristics of Insects', 'Scope and Importance of Entomology', 'Classifications of Hexapods', 'Collecting', 'Killing and Preserving Insects', 'Entomology', 'Insect Boxes and Cabinets', 'Arrangement of Insects in the Cabinet', et cetera. This antique book was originally published in 1892 and is proudly republished now with a new introduction to the subject.