OF LEPIDOPTEROUS INSKCTs. 209 
These boards or shelves have necessarily the exact 
dimensions of the ends of the chest, and are placed 
in a vertical position ; a small vacancy is preserved 
between their lower extremity and the floor, and 
any object detached by accident falls to the bottom 
without causing farther injury. Each board or 
shelf, lined with cork or soft wood, supplies, in 
some measure, the place of a cabinet drawer. 
When taken out of the box and placed on a table, 
it rests securely and affords.a plain surface, upon 
which insects may be fixed, or examined with per- 
fect ease and security. It is returned into the box 
in an instant, which, if carefully made, when 
closed, secures most effectually the contents. One 
large box may conveniently contain fourteen boards, 
answering the purpose of as many drawers ; and, 
being eighteen inches square, they are of a manage- 
able size. Dr Horsfield found these boxes most 
admirably adapted to his entomological pursuits 
while in Java, and preferred those made of light 
wood. He says, that when he commenced packing 
for transportation, “ boxes according to Levail- 
lant’s plan, were therefore provided of more sub- 
stantial material than those employed in travelling, 
in proportion to the increase of the collection. The 
wood of the Bombax pentandrum was employed 
for lining the boards and securing the pins ; and I 
ascribed to an acquaintance with the peculiar pro- 
perty of this wood, which renders it an effectual 
