FOR THE COLLECTOR. 



Flies are caught in ri common Initteiflv net niaile of mos<iuito netting; a slight pressure between the fingers 

 kills them. A pin run tlirough the chest part makes them readv tor the cabinet. The larger ones may be 

 stretched like buttertlies. The craneflies require delicate handling or their legs will come ofl". Small flies mav 

 he gummed on a piece of caril, and this pinned in the cahinet, though I ]irefer to drv them between white paper 

 with a slight pressure as in a book. Afterwards arrange an<l name them on a sheet of heav\- white paper and 

 then lav a plate of glass of the same size over it and paste it secureK aro\nul the edges. 



The drawings in this book are mostlv life-size, the small kinds lieing drawn double lite-size. 



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