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Saving taken the Butterfly or 
Moth in the Net, we are to proceed 
with caution ; as on killing it pro- 
perly, its beauty in a great meafure 
depends. We are not to take hold 
of it indifcriminately in any part ; 
but are, by means of the net, to 
bring its wings, if poffible, into an 
ere£t pofition, and then prefs the 
linder part of the thorax or bread; 
betwixt the thumb and forefinger 
Sufficiently hard to kill it : by this 
means the wings are neither diflorted, 
nor their plumage injured. 
The net being then opened, the 
infect is to be laid hold of gently by 
one of the horns, and again placed 
betwixt the thumb and forefinger, 
in which fituation it is to be held 
while a pin, proportioned to its fize, 
is ftuck through the upper part of the 
thorax 
