BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. 



ESIRE to form 



ra collection of 

 butterflies and 

 moths inspires al- 

 most every boy who 

 has ever lived in the 

 country. They are 

 beautiful insects, and 

 are easily to be 

 obtained and pre- 

 served ; but you 

 cannot do so success- 

 fully unless you know 

 how to set about it. 

 Firstly, then, never 

 touch your specimens 

 with your fingers, 

 without care ; for 

 the down on the 

 body and the scales 

 on the wings are 

 easily rubbed off, 

 and the specimens 

 are then spoiled ; 

 besides, the wings 

 themselves are very 

 fragile, and easily 

 broken. 



Butterflies, and indeed all insects which are captured on the 

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