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box with holes cut in the cover for specimen 

 bottles. Fig. 41 shows also a block of wood with 

 holes bored in it and an arrangement of screw eyes, 

 also a grooved piece of wood with a cardboard 

 top to it. Fig. 42 shows cross-section of specimen 

 box with corrugated paper bottom and cardboard 





false bottom through which the pins are stuck. The 

 first pin shows how a minute specimen is gummed 

 to a piece of paper; this is a German pin made for 

 the purpose, the second one is a broom straw put 

 through holes punctured by a pin. 



Fig. 43 shows how to extend and hold in 

 position the wings of butterflies and moths by the 



