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wood is mahogany, cedar, or wainscot, deal being apt to 

 split or warp. The doors ought to have velvet glued round 

 the edges, to keep out dust and small insects. The bottoms 

 of the drawers are lined with sheet cork, about a sixth of 

 an inch in thickness, made uniformly smooth by filing, and 

 having white paper pasted over it. 



Where a cabinet has not been procured, collectors make 

 use of store boxes, made on the principle of a backgammon 

 board, each leaf being about two inches deep, and lined 

 with cork and paper. These are convenient, also, for 

 travellers sending home insects from a distance. 



The specimens are best arranged in columns from top to 

 bottom of the drawers, with the names attached to each. 

 We are unwilling, amidst the great variety of systems, to 

 recommend any particular one as the best ; and prefer leav- 

 ing our readers to choose for themselves, by giving the 

 outlines of the principal classifications which have been 

 proposed from the earliest times till the present day. 



