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tine, and sets the vessel on the hob of a grate 
for two days. If the insects be large he then 
opens the wings, and with a pair of scissors 
cuts open the body and puts it again into the 
turpentine. He then adds weak ammonia, and 
lets it simmer for two hours when they are 
completely cleared. Small, delicate, and high 
coloured insects, and also Hymenoptera, he in 
the first instance puts into alcohol instead of 
the spirits of turpentine. The insects are then 
set in the usual way. It need hardly be re- 
marked that insects thus obtained must never 
be arranged with British Insects. 
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