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Some Methods of Technique applicable to Entomology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. D. Imms
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden.

Extract

The following methods of technique, along with many others, applicable to entomological work have been used by the writer in the course of a number of years' experience. Since a considerable proportion of the methods does not appear to be generally known, it is thought that the present article may prove of value particularly to investigators located in parts of the Empire overseas.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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* Obtainable from Messrs. Flatters and Garnett Ltd., 309, Oxford Road, Manchester.

Suitable punches such as are used for cutting out card discs for mounting small Diptera are obtainable from Messrs. Watkins and Doncaster, 36, Strand, London, W.C.2. Sets of cork-borers can be procured from any dealer in laboratory apparatus.

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A very convenient size is 6 ins. outside diameter, made from rod not less than 1 in. in circumference.