PRESERVING AND STUDYING INSECTS 



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Whether the boxes or drawers are used, all of the specimens 

 of one species should be kept together, which plan should be 

 followed out in genera, families, and orders. 



FIG. 488. A Schmitt insect box, opened to show arrangement of insects 



(After Banks) 



Mounting insects on slides. Directions have already been given 

 for the mounting of aphides and scale insects. The directions 

 given for mounting scale insects may be used for mounting legs 



