11 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
found it answer very well, being both neat and expeditious, and 
requiring no great amount of skill or patience to make or use :-— 
Procure a piece of white buckram, such as luggage labels are 
made of, and put a nice even coating of glue (not too thick) upon 
one side, taking care to keep the other side perfectly clean, then 
lay by till quite dry ; next get a small punch or a pair of eyeletting 
pincers such as those used by boot-makers, and punch out of the 
buckram twice the required number of gummed pieces, cut the silk 
or thread to the proper length or width of the drawers, then damp 
each end and press them upon the glued side of the labels, 
rubbing them down with the finger-nail: when dry, the line is 
complete. They can now be fixed in the drawer and pulled tight, 
by passing the point of a fine pin through the centre of the label 
with the forceps and pressing the line down flat to the surface of 
the drawer.—E. Hotton; 131, Holborn Hill, February 10, 1879. 
[Our correspondent kindly forwarded examples of this method 
of spacing cabinet-drawers, which for neatness excels all other 
methods we have seen.—Ep.] 
Entomotocicat Pins.—In view of the large number of 
valuable entomological specimens which are destroyed by the 
corrosion of the pins on which they are transfixed, I would wish 
to call attention to the great advantage that accrues by using 
black pins. A long time since Mr. EH. G. Meek recommended to 
me some black pins, which, after considerable trouble, he had 
produced. I had some, and have used them ever since, and do 
not find the slightest trace of corrosion. Some of my friends, to 
whom I had recommended these pins, suggested that black pins must 
look unsightly; and they were surprised to find that every insect 
of mine, which they had recently seen, was pinned with a black 
pin, and that they should have overlooked this fact. So far from 
their marring the appearance of the insects, I think these pins 
are particularly neat. They are made of the same sizes and 
strength as the ordinary gilt, or plain, entomological pins. In 
writing this, my only object is to bring under the notice of 
the readers the very valuable improvement Mr. Meek has intro- 
duced, and one which will be the means of preserving the more 
fragile moths, and those most hable to destruction, through 
corrosion of the metal caused by the chemical action set up by 
“‘orease.” Mr. Meek may be congratulated upon his success. 
—A. B. Farn; Dartford. 
