tf SETTING-OUT." 41 



When you get home, take out all the pins, excepting 

 such as may be stuck perpendicularly through the 

 middle of the thorax, and as soon as possible proceed to 

 " set" your captures. 



Preparatory to this, some articles called setting-boards 

 must be provided. A section of one of these is shown 

 in the accompanying cut ; but in reality they are made 



much longer, so as to accommodate a column of half-a- 

 dozen butterflies or more : the breadth may vary, ac- 

 cording to the width of the butterflies that are to be 

 set thereof. 



The bottom is usually a thin slip of deal, on which 

 are glued two strips of cork, bevelled off towards the 

 edges, with a slightly curved face. Sometimes, how- 

 ever, the whole board is made of soft pine, with a groove 

 planed down the middle, and with care will answer 

 pretty well ; but the corked board is far preferable. 



The mode of " setting" the insect with card " braces " 

 transfixed with pins, which retain the wings in their 

 proper position, will be also readily seen by reference to 

 the figure. 



A great point in " setting " is to take care that all the 

 wings are symmetrically arranged, or diverging from 

 the body at equal angles on each side. Let the antennce 

 also be carefully preserved, as on their integrity much 

 of the specimen's value depends. 



It will be needless to say that any handling of the 

 wings is to be avoided, as a touch will sometimes 

 destroy their bloom. 



