Drying Boards 41 



end board (Fig. 21) need not be notched or cut in 

 on the bias, but the top of it may be level with the 

 bottom, otherwise the drying boards are made in 

 the same manner as the one shown in the illus- 

 tration. 



Of course the drying boards for big fat moths 

 or night butterflies should have a wider slot than 

 the one for day butterflies, which have narrow or 

 slim bodies. In order that the reader may decide 

 for himself, it would be best for him to go out into 

 the fields and collect a number of buttei*flies and 

 some big moths, like the one shown in Fig. 24, and 

 then make the slots in his drying boards correspond 

 to the size of the bodies of the insects. 



First he takes the two ends ( Fig. 21 ) , cuts them 

 exactly alike, so that when laid one on top of the 

 other they both agree edge for edge with no over- 

 lapping. Next he takes two smooth pieces of soft 

 pine wood, each exactly the same size as the other, 

 for side-boards like those shown in Fig. 20; these 

 he tacks on the end boards as shown in Fig. 21, 

 using the little brad nails from a cigar box ; or if he 

 has no cigar box, he takes some ordinary pins and 

 files off the points as shown in Fig. 22, thus mak- 

 ing suitable brads for the purpose. 



