62 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



giving the absurdly large prices put upon British, or 

 pretended British, specimens of butterflies, or other 

 insects that are rare in this country though common on 

 the Continent ; when, for all purposes of science, or 

 the pleasure derived from their beauty, avowed Conti- 

 nental specimens, at one-twentieth of the price, will do 

 just as well. In putting these into your cabinet, how- 

 ever, always attach to the pin underneath the insect a 

 label, bearing some mark to denote the specimen's 

 foreign origin. 



