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Fig. 14. The Spreading-board 



Cases are necessary for hold- 

 ing and displaying the insects 

 captured. At first the collector 

 may use cigar boxes very satis- 

 factorily, l)ut the time will come 

 when he will not be satis Hed with 

 anything less than good insect 

 cases, which will keep out dust and 

 minute insect pests. The bottoms 

 should be lined with sheet cork 

 which can be purchased from 

 dealers in insect supplies, or with 

 bottle wrappers obtained from 

 druggists. For exhibition pur- 

 poses insect cases should have 

 glass covers, if possible. Collec- 

 tors who wish to make their col- 

 lections look tidy, neat and artistic 

 may line their cases with fine, 

 glossy white paper. This im- 

 proves very much the appearance 

 of the collection as a whole. 



Every specimen which has been 

 placed in a collection should have 

 a date and locality label and a name 

 label attached. These labels may 

 be written free hand or they maybe 

 printed with pen and ink. Printed 

 labels, as a rule, look much better 

 than written ones. The proper time 

 to place date and locality label 

 upon the insect is at the time of 

 pinning, and it is usually placed 

 below the insect about a third of 

 the way up the pin. The name 

 label is placed near the bottom of 

 the pin. 



