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can be used for this purpose, as the very deli- 

 cate claws, feelers, &c. of some species, are 

 certain to become entangled in it. The best 

 method is to stick the pins (on which they are 

 fixed) very fast into the bottom, sides, and 

 top of the box I have already described. 

 When the box is full, and the insects quite 

 dry, a small portion of camphor should be 

 placed securely in the corners; and the open- 

 ings should be closed with pitched canvass, 

 otherwise the ants, so numerous and over- 

 powering in hot countries, would enter and 

 devour the contents. 



THE finest insects are brought from the tro- 

 pical climates. Brazil, India, Java, China, &c. 

 produce beautiful species. 



THE insects from new countries, and those 

 islands and remote parts which are seldom vi- 



