34 MEMOIR OF DBURY. 



other sorts; and if he perceives the edges of thp 

 wings to be ragged or broken, appearing as if little 

 pieces were torn out of them, he must throw such 

 butterfly or moth away ; but as the wings of many 

 of them are naturally scolloped, great care must be 

 taken to distinguish one from the other. The rag- 

 ged ones are imperfect and good for nothing ; the 

 perfect ones (whether they are scolloped or plain), 

 if not torn or battered, are desirable ; therefore, to 

 know the difference, he must observe closely the 

 wings, and if they are scolloped, he will perceive 

 the same notches or indented edges on the right 

 wing as on the left, the one answering very exactly 

 and regularly to the other ; whereas, in those that 

 are ragged and imperfect, there is not any exactness 

 or regularity, the edges of the wings being very un- 

 even and unlike each other, having a notch here 

 and there, as the wings happen to be more or less 

 torn and wasted. The four butterflies placed in 

 the oval box will readily discover the difference be- 

 tween those that are perfect and complete, and fit 

 to be preserved, and those that are ragged and good 

 fur nothing. This account of the butterflies and 

 moths is thus particularly mentioned, because, when 

 they are caught, being ragged and bad, as de- 

 scribed before, they are worth nothing ; and the 

 collector may, for that reason, spare himself the 

 trouble of bringing such home ; good ones being 

 as easily to be caught and brought home as bad 

 ores. 



* Let him catch small insects as well as large. 



