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INSECT MISCELLANIES. 



In the case of insects tenacious of life, such as some 

 moths, particularly females which have not depo- 

 sited their eggs, piercing their breast with a pin dipt 

 in nitric acid will instantly kill them. After killing 

 dragon -flies the intestines must be carefully removed, 

 otherwise the colours will all become black. 



To fit insects for a cabinet, they require to be set, 

 as it is termed ; that is, all their parts must be placed 

 in the manner best fitted to display them. For this 

 purpose each is pierced, when dead, with an insect- 



Setting-needles and brush; with the method of setting- insects, a, Swal* 

 }o\y-tailed butterfly (Papilio m.ichaon) ; &, Wa*p; c, Beetle, __ 



