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with the necessary quantity of store boxes, 
pins, braces, &c. 
13. Store Boxes may be made upon the 
principle of backgammon boards, of about 
twelve by eighteen inches long, and four inches 
deep ; and lined with cork top and bottom, 
and made to fasten close. Camphor must 
always be secured in the store boxes to keep 
out mites, &c. 
14. A Pocket Larva: Box (PI. 3, tig. 8). 
This is necessary for collecting and the safe 
conveyance of caterpillars, and should be 
made of tin, perforated with minute holes, and 
having a hole at one end, with a cork attached. 
Some of the plants on which the caterpillars 
are found, must be placed with them. 
15. Breeding Cage (PI. 3, fig. 9). This is 
for the purpose of rearing butterflies and moths, 
from caterpillars, and may be of any form or 
size. The following, described by Mr. Ste- 
phens, is well adapted to the purpose. “ The 
length of the box is twenty inches ; height, 
twelve ; and breadth, six ; and it is divided 
into flve compartments. Its lower half is con- 
structed entirely of w^ood,* and the upper of 
* If made of deal or fir it should be well lined with 
paper, to prevent injiuy to the caterpillars from the ef- 
fluvia of turpentine. A. 1. 
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