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use of strips of paper and any sort of pins. The 

 pins are not thrust through the wings, but through 

 the paper outside of the borders of the wings; this 

 must be done carefully so as not to rub the scales 

 off the wings and thus spoil the specimen. 



Fig. 44 shows how to make a useful httle tool 



Section of apecimen box. 



Drj'ing board. 



by taking a small stick and inserting the heads of 

 two small needles in the stick, leaving the points 

 exposed as in the lower figure; these may be used 

 to spread the legs of a beetle. A stick with one 

 needle in it makes a useful tool in arranging and 

 handling small specimens. 



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