HINTS ON COLLECTING 
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through which a pin passes at 
Next a strip of tracing-paper is 
into a small piece of cork 
right angles to the bristle), 
pinned tightly down over the 
wings to keep them perfectly 
flat and in position. The 
spanner should then be re¬ 
moved, the tracing-paper 
being left in position until 
the specimen is quite dry 
and ready for removal into 
the cabinet. The specimen 
should be left set on the 
board twenty-one days. It 
must then be carefully lab¬ 
elled with date and locality 
of capture, a most important 
item. 
Uniformity must be 
adopted to ensure a well-set 
collection, and all the speci¬ 
mens should be set in exactly 
the same manner. The inner 
margin of the fore wing 
should be exactly at a right angle to the body, and the hind 
wing should be drawn up so that the costal margin is hidden 
under the inner margin of the fore wing. 
Butterfly set, showing correct posi¬ 
tion of wings. A. Tracing paper; 
B. Setting board. 
