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BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



Preserving Butterflies and Moths. — Butterflies and moths may 

 be killed painlessly by putting them in a tightly closed fruit 

 jar with a few drops of chloroform. After at least an hour 



Drying Frame 



take them out and pin their outstretched wings to a board to 

 dry. The dried specimens must be kept protected from carpet 

 beetles and other insects that would eat them up. 



This lesson is continued in Lesson XIV, on Cocoons. 



