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the Diost natural^ but most workers prefer to place the 

 legs on both sides in the same position so as to secure 

 uniformity, e.g., the fore legs obliquely forward, the mid 

 legs slightly backwards and the hind legs obliquely back- 

 wards. The knee part of all legs should be well raised, 



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otherwise the legs are stretched out too much. 

 The underpart of the tarsi should be nearly 

 level with the abdomen. To hold the legs in the required 

 position, I use a piece of peat or pith of about one inch 

 thick and fix the beetle on this till the abdomen nearly 

 touches it. The legs are brought in position with a fine 

 pair of forceps, and in small specimens with a hooked 

 needle which one can easily make of a setting needle by 

 heating in a spirit flame and bending the point over. To 

 keep the legs in position, cross-pins may be used or, 



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simpler still, one pin with a little disc of stiff paper 

 on it. The antennae are also placed in a position so that 

 they can be examined easily. In small specimens the 

 legs can not be fixed thus, but after pinning, the insect is 

 placed on a card on which some gum has been allowed to 

 dry. Bring the legs in position as before, and apply a 

 wetted i)aiiit ))iiisli to the tarsi thus moisteniuij the 



