. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 153.—A Maxtispa, with side VIEW BENEATH. ( FROM PACK- Fig. 154.—A Panokpa, or scor- pioitfly. (From Packard.) Directly after death, clean out the contents of the thorax and abdomen. To do this, obtain a long darning needle, thread it with a short piece of fine cotton, tie the ends together so as to form a loop; sling into this loop one or more strands of cotton or silk, according to the size of the insect. For the largest, four strands may be used. This would give eight threads in the thorax and abdomen, taking care to select the
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 153.—A Maxtispa, with side VIEW BENEATH. ( FROM PACK- Fig. 154.—A Panokpa, or scor- pioitfly. (From Packard.) Directly after death, clean out the contents of the thorax and abdomen. To do this, obtain a long darning needle, thread it with a short piece of fine cotton, tie the ends together so as to form a loop; sling into this loop one or more strands of cotton or silk, according to the size of the insect. For the largest, four strands may be used. This would give eight threads in the thorax and abdomen, taking care to select the cotton or silk of the predominant color of the fly. Then pass the needle into the fly, directly under the head, through the thorax and abdomen, pulling the cotton or whatever is used through the body until it comes out quite clean. Then slide the abdomen up a little, cut off the end of the material used, pull the abdomen down to cover it, then cut off close under the head, leaving the remainder in the body. The fly will then be ready for setting. Some have used artificial heat to preserve the coloring of dragon- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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