A FocKET Collecting Box. (plate, fig. 15.) 

 The collector should be furnished with a light 

 deal or chip box of a convenient size for the 

 pocket, lined at the top and bottom with cork, 

 and covered with white paper ; leaving a space 

 of at least half an inch between the heads of the 

 pins when the box is closed. In this box are to 

 be plac?d those insects which are pierced, and 

 which would be injured by remaining loose. 

 The most useful kind of box is, however, made 

 of deal or mahogany, convenient as to size, 

 with two hinges on one side, and made to open 

 in the middle by pressing a little spring. This 

 box, opened by the left hand, leaves the right 

 at liberty to put in the insects*. These boxes 

 are only fit for a single day's collecting, but if 

 the collector be on an excursion for a longer 

 period, he must furnish himself with the neces- 

 sary quantity of store boxes, pins, braces, &c. 

 &c. Store boxes may be made upon the prin- 

 ciple of back-gammon boards, of about twelve 



* The inside of the crown of a hat, lined with cork, of 

 about a quarter of an inch thick, and covered with white 

 paper, will be found very convenient, when collecting 

 boxes are not at liand. 



