A CHEAP AND USEFUL ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 51 



f inch thick throughout (ouo inch would of course be better, but the 

 idea has been to keep down the cost.) The door has tlireo horizontal 

 and two upright stays, the space between the latter being utilised as 

 camphor cells, with sliding plate of perforated zinc in front. The 

 drawers run on metal slips fixed in the sides of the cabinet, and the 

 whole thing is finished with black varnish. Figure 2 shows a drawer as 

 seen from the back, and figures 3 and i indicate with sufficient clearness 

 the working details. The latter show sections of the drawers of the 

 full size. The sides of the drawers ai"e grooved for glass, which is made 

 to run in at the back of each. The size (inside) of the drawers is as 

 follows : seventeen inches in length, 12J inches in breadth, and 15-16th8 

 of an inch in depth between the groove for glass and the bottom, the 

 extreme depth outside measurement being 1^ inches. It will thus be 

 seen that in this little cabinet there is not the smallest loss of space or 

 waste of material. Of course, " long" pins cannot be used, but the 

 Nos. 7, 14, and 8 of Kirby, Beard, and Co. will work in well, and for 

 any cabinet these are the best to use for ordinary purposes. 



One of these cabinets (twelve drawers) would hold a fair series of all 

 the British Butterflies, or all the Heteroptera and Homoptera. Three or 

 four would take all the moths, (Macros,) and the Beetles might be got into 

 from four to six, according to "series." As one is filled another can be 

 placed beside it. Four or more would stand one above the other, or in 

 pairs, according to space in room ; and, if made of well-seasoned wood, 

 would prove as serviceable as those of far greater cost and pretension. 



I have had one of these little cabinets made, and have the maker's 

 estimate for cost. Mr. S. H. Smith, of 27, Chapman Koad, Small Heath, will 

 make any number of them at the rate of 2s. per drawer, including carcase ; 

 or, if glazed, corked, and papered, ready for use, at 3s. 6d. per drawer. 



