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can use the black steel mourning pins. These come in shallow 

 boxes one by two inches square and have round glass heads 

 and the boxes are labeled " Germany " ; these may be procured 

 from any dry goods store. However, insects pinned with any 

 beside regular insect pins cannot be sold or exchanged. 



All insects except beetles should be pinned through that part 

 of the body just back of the head as shown in Figs. 1 1, 13, 14, 

 15. Beetles should be pinned through the right wing-cover as 

 shown in Fig. 12. About one-fourth of the pin should project 

 above tiie back of the insect. Very small insects may be 

 gummed to a narrow strip of cardboard and the pin put through 

 the cardboard. 



LABELING SPECIMENS. 



Specimens should be labeled with the date of capture and the 

 locality. Thus the butterfly, Fig. 15, would be labeled thus: 



Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Aug. 12, 1896. 

 The paper on which this label is written should be slipped 

 upon the pin with which the butterfly is pinned and placed just 

 below the insect. Labels should be as small as possible and 

 neatly cut. 



INSECT BOXES. 



For the beginner nothing is more convenient than an empty 

 cigar box, which may be obtained at any store where cigars are 

 ^old. (Fig. 4.) The bottom of the box should be covered with 



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Fig. 4. A convenient box for the use of the young collector. 



