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balls ought to be kept in your collection boxes. They 

 may be pinned inside a bit of mosquito bar, or a hot 

 pin may be thrust through the balls and then they can be 

 pinned in the corner of the box. For temporary boxes, cigar 

 boxes will do very well, and they will keep the insects for 

 a considerable time if this naphtha precaution is taken. 



The tickets for your specimens need not be large nor 

 contain much of data. Several manuals may be used by 

 the class in identification; hence the labels should state 

 the authority for the name. Abbreviations for the names 

 of the authorities may be agreed upon, and these abbre- 

 viations used on the labels or tickets. The page cited 

 is also valuable in case of doubtful classification. The 

 locality, the year, and the month of finding are sometimes 

 used on such labels, and are useful information concerning 

 the time of the appearance of the insects in given regions, 

 and as to the character of the insects found in any given 

 region. The common name may be the one used on the 

 ticket, if the authority recognizes a common name. 



The facts that may be learned from a study of living 

 beings are really a revelation of the Creator's way of 

 working out these things in his universe, of which you 

 and I are a part. And as the study grows upon the 

 student he will probably take one of two attitudes: 

 wonder that he is so small a part of the life kingdom, or 

 the marvel that so defenseless an animal, a creature so 

 frail physically as man, does stand at the head of the 

 myriads of animals to be found in air, on sea, and on land. 

 "Reverence is vital to morality; and whatever quickens 

 within us the feeling of dependence on a higher power, 

 whatever leads us devoutly to admire the order, beauty, 

 or mystery of the universe," is good for the individual 

 well-being of man, the highest of God's created beings. 



