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lolling water ; they should afterwards be dried on a cloth, or 

 blotting paper, and either pinned through the right wing- ease 

 and arranged in boxes or trays, as above directed for moths, 

 &c., or be put in small numbers into little chip or pill-boxes, 

 with a little cotton to keep them from shaking. Beetles, and, 

 indeed, all insects, except moths and butterflies, may be put 

 into spirit, which will cause immediate death, and preserve 

 them as long as it retains its strength, to secure which, fresh 

 spirit should be added before putting a bottle in store. Spiders 

 and caterpillars are most easily preserved in spirit, but can be 

 preserved dry by puncturing the abdomen, squeezing out the 

 contents, filling it with sand and letting it remain till the skin 

 becomes sufficiently dry, when it may be shaken out, and the 

 specimens pinned. 



Pins of various sizes, suitable for insects, may be obtained 

 of Messrs. Edelston and Williams, Crown Court, Cheapside, 

 London, and of Mr. Edmondson, Basnett- street, Liverpool. 



Insect boxes, lined with cork, may also be procured of Mr. 

 Edmondson, in Liverpool, and in London, of Mr. Cook, 513, 

 New Oxford-street, from whom all other necessary entomo- 

 logical apparatus may be obtained. In the absence of boxes 

 specially prepared for insects, rough ones, which will answer 

 the purpose of conveying specimens safely home, may be made 

 as follows : Cut into slices about a quarter of an inch thick 

 any good bottle corks and , bungs that can be obtained, and 

 glue them in rows, at suitable intervals, in any shallow boxes 

 or trays that can be made to shut perfectly close. 



SHELLS AND MOLLUSCOUS ANIMALS. 



The following excellent instructions for collecting specimens 

 of this very numerous and important class of animals have 

 been extracted from a little work published by the late 

 William Swainson, and approved by Dr. Gray : 



" Land Shells may be got most plentifully early in the 



