48 BKITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



pins, and with our insects in contact with the bottom of 

 our cabinet drawers, attach any similar label, it is out 

 of sight, and we have to lift the insect up to see when 

 and where it was caught. A collection in which each 

 insect could speak for itself, and say whence it came and 

 when captured, would be a vast improvement on any 

 of our existing collections. 



