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DIRECTIONS FOR COLLECTING MICROLEPIDOPTERA. Bie 
hand and the thorax uppermost. Now I take a pin in the right 
hand and resting the first joint of the middle finger of the 
right against the projecting point of the middle finger.of the left 
hand to avoid unsteadiness, I pin the insect obliquely through the 
thickest part of the thorax so that the head of the pin leans very 
slightly forward over the head of the insect. After pressing the 
pin far enough through to bring about one-fourth of an inch out 
below, I pin the insect into the middle of the groove of a setting 
board so that the edge of the groove will just support the under- 
sides of the wings close up to the body when they are raised upon 
it. The board should be chosen of such a size as will permit of 
the extension of the wings nearly to its outer edge. The position 
of the pin should still be slanting a little forward. The wings 
should now be raised into the position in which they are intended 
to rest, with especial care in doing so not to remove any scales 
from the surface or cilia of the wings. Each wing should be fas- 
tened with a brace long enough to extend across both, the braces 
being pinned at the thick end, so that the head of the pin slopes 
away from the point of the brace; this causes the braces to press 
more firmly down on the wing when fixed. The insect should be 
braced thus: the two braces next the body should have the points 
Upwards, the two outer ones pointing downwards and slightly 
Mwards towards the body, and covering the main portion of the 
Wings beyond the middle. Antenne should be carefully laid back 
e the wings, and braces should lie flat, exercising an even 
Pressure at all points of their surface. The fore wings should 
slope slightly forwards so that a line drawn from the point of one 
to the point of the other will just miss the head and palpi. The 
hind wings should be close up, leaving no intervening space but 
Just showing the upper angle of the wing evenly on each side. I 
ean give no more precise directions as to how this desirable result 
may most simply and speedily be attained ; no two people set alike. 
Peed is an object; for I have often had to set twelve dozen in- 
Sects before breakfast. A simple process is essential, for a man 
s pinning and moving pins, and rearranging wings 
and legs, is sure to remove a certain number of scales and spoil 
yi Appearance of the insect besides utterly destroying its value. 
i taise each of the fore wings with a pin and fix the pin against the 
bi margin so as to keep them în position while I apply the bra- 
- Half the battle is really in the pinning. When an insect is 
