REARING TNSEi I 



the canister; but under ordinary circumttai to pin them 



one hy one aa 1 Bel them. 



taking the lid off a box, and taking the boa 

 ami thumb of the right hand, 1 roll oul the p of the 



lefl thumb, supporting it with the top of the forefinger and bo ma- 

 nipulate o bring the head pointing inward- m\ right hand and 

 the thorax uppermost. Now 1 take a pin in the righl hand, and 

 lug 1 1 ■ « - first joint of the middle finger of the righl against the pro- 

 jecting poinl of the middle finger of the left hand to avoid unsti adi- 

 1 pin the inseel obliquely through the thickest pari of the 

 thorax bo that the head of the pin Iran- very slightly forward 

 the head id' the insect. Aiter passing the pin far enough through 

 to bring about one-fourth of an inch oul la-low,* 1 pin the insect 

 into ilif middle of the groove of a setting-board so thai th< 

 the groove « ill just support the under sides of the wings close up t « > 

 die body when they arc raised upon it. The board should be chi 

 of Buch a Bizc as will permil <d the extension of the wings nearly to 

 its outer edge. Th<' position of the piu should .-till be slanting a 

 little forward. The wings should now be raised into the position in 

 which thej are intended to rest, with especial enre in doing bo not 

 i,. remove anj scales from the surface or cilia of the \\itiL' 

 w ing should be fastened with a brace long enough I 

 both, the braces being pinned al the thick end. so thai the head of 

 the pin Blopes awaj from the poinl of the brace; tl - the 

 braces to press more lirmh do\\ o on the wing w hen fixed. The ii 

 should be braced thus : the two braces nexl the body should have the 

 points upward-, the twoi uterones pointing dow nwards and slightly 

 inwards towards the body, and covering the main port ion of the » 

 beyond the middle. Antenna' should be carefully laid ba< 

 iln' w ings, ami braces should lie fiat, exercising an even pr< ssure al 

 all poinl-. of their Burface The fore wings should slope slightly 



forward- 30 thai a line drawn from tin- point of one to the point of 



thi other will just miss the head and palpi. The hind wings should 

 up, l< a\ ing no intervening space, but ju-t -how ing the upper 

 angle of the wing evenly on each side, lean give iioraon 

 directions a- to how this desirable result ma\ mosl simply and 

 speedilj be attained; no two people set alike. Speed 

 for 1 have often bad to sel twelve do/en insects 1" fi re 1 A 



simple process is essential, for a man w ho i- alwaj 



I'lie English mode of pinning low down 

 so many disadvantages thai we would caution i 

 up on a long German pin so thai three-fourths 

 project helow the body.— A. S. P. 



