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with cork and papered. The cork should be 

 close grained, about a quarter of an inch thick, 

 and perfectly smooth. The best plan to dry in- 

 sects, and at the same time to secure them 

 from accidents, is to have a box about eighteen 

 inches high, and nine square, having grooves in 

 the sides for the setting boards to slide in (plate 

 fig. 2^.) The boards must be at least two 

 inches apart to prevent the pins from being dis- 

 turbed. The door may be merely a frame 

 covered with muslin to admit the air, and ex- 

 clude the dust. At the bottom a drawer may 

 be constructed, having four or six divisions, for 

 holding pins of different sizes, braces^ setting 

 needles, &c. 



Cabinet, The present state of British entomo- 

 logy, requires a cabinet of at least one hundred 

 drawers. The best sized drawers are from four- 

 teen to sixteen inches square, and about two 

 inches deep. They must be glazed, to prevent the 

 admission of dust or air ; the glass, (which should 

 be flattened) must be fitted into a frame of the 

 same size as the drawer, and rabbeted on the 



