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SETTING- BOARDS. 



Fig 8 represents forceps especially adapted 

 for Lepidoptera, but ihey can also be used for 

 pinning other insects. 



Various pili-boxes, vials and bottles must 

 always be taken, some containing alcohol or 

 whisky — if the collector be an intemperate man 

 he had better leave the latter article at home, 

 for if he should drink freely he may be com- 

 pelled to change his study to that of herpetol- 



ogy. 



A most indispensable article is a Cyanide Bot- 

 tle, as nearly all insects can be killed by its use. 

 It is made is follows : Take a wide-mouthed 

 bottle and fill it one-fourth full of cyanide of 

 potassium ; this should be covered with plaster- 

 of-paris, which is made into a paste by mixing 

 with water in the usual manner and then pour- 

 ing it over the cyanide and covering it com- 

 pletely. Another very easy manner is to saturate 

 cotton with chloroform and place it in the bot- 

 tom of a wide-mouthed bottle. 



Setting-boards for spreading the wings of in- 

 sects may be made by sawing deep grooves in a 

 thick board and placing a strip of pith or cork 

 at the bottom. 



Setting-Board. 



