BUTTERFLIES, SPHINGES, AND MOTHS. 1,97 



objection, that the pin is very liable to be bent in 

 pushing it into the cork, and the insect does not 

 look nearly so well as when near the paper. 



The best method of arranging lepidopterous, or 

 ndeed other insects, is to arrange them in columns, 

 with the generic name at the head of each column, 

 and the specific name affixed to each species, or in 

 a line with the insect to its right. The lines ought 

 to be ruled with a black lead pencil, by which an 

 alteration can easily be made without destroying 

 the whole of the paper. Males and females should 

 3e placed together if they can be had ; and if pos- 

 ible two specimens of each, for the purpose of 

 sxhibiting both the upper and under side. If the 

 nsect is subject to variety, these should also be 

 Drocured, as these are very useful in elucidating 

 species. Besides the generic and specific names, 

 ;he country should also be marked, as well as the 

 ^articular locality of the specimens preserved. 



OF SETTING LEPIDOPTERA. 



The wings of lepidopterous insects should be ad- 

 usted with great nicety and uniformity, otherwise 

 ;hey never look well. 



The larger insects of this order are set by braces 

 ;hiefly. A single one should in the first place be 



