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a quarter to half an inch of the pin projects through on 

 the under side of the butterfly it is now pinned. In 

 the case of those specimens which have died with their 

 wings over their backs, however unwilling we may be to 

 touch the specimens with our fingers for every touch 

 must cause a certain amount of injury the simplest 

 plan is to take the insect by the under part of its body, 

 between the thumb and first finger of the left hand, and 

 to hold it there whilst we stick the pin through the 

 thorax. 



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Butterfly (Argynnit Euphrosyne) set with upper and under braces. 



The insect being pinned, has next to be set, and unless 

 we place them in a relaxing-box on damp cork, they 

 should be set out immediately, otherwise they very soon 

 become stiff. 



A setting-board may be made of a sheet of cork glued 

 to a flat piece of wood, the surface of the cork being 

 covered with paper. A number of stout pieces of card, 

 cut in the form of elongate triangles, having stout pins 

 stuck through their broader ends, form the braces which 

 are used in setting out the wings of butterflies and moths. 

 Place two of these on the setting-board, about an inch 

 apart, but in a sloping position, like the outer strokes of 



