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will then be required. This is made, as shown in Fig. 19, 

 by fixing a fairly long and stout bristle, or a very fine needle, 

 or a thin length of quill, in a cube of cork : the cork cube has 

 a stoutish and sharp- 

 pointed pin pushed 

 through it as indi- 

 cated. Having placed 

 the first insect on the 

 saddle with its body 

 comfortably resting 

 in the groove and 

 the wings flush with 

 the surface, the set- 

 ting bristle is then 

 brought into action. 

 The point of the pin 

 is rested on the saddle 

 directly in the rear 

 of the hind wing, and 

 the top of the bristle 

 touching the saddle 

 in advance of the 

 front wing. Tilt the 

 pin slightly forward 

 until the bristle 

 presses lightly on the 

 central area of the 

 wings, then with the 

 setting needle push 

 the wings into the 



required position, and at the same time drive pin of bristle 

 into the saddle. After the wings have been secured by means 

 of braces (triangular pieces of thin card or stout paper, 

 with a pin through the base of the triangle), proceed in the 



Fig, 20. 

 Brace and Band Modes of setting-. 



