. Brief guide to the commoner butterflies of the northern United States and Canada [microform] : being an introduction to a knowledge of their life histories. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. r ^ "I 186 APPENDIX. oven, a spirit-lamp, forceps, a jmir of finely-pointed scis- sors, a bit of rag, a little fine wire, and a wheat straw, or a glass tube drawn to a fine point. The oven is simply an oblong tin box, about 'Z\ inches high, 2^ inches wide, and 5 in(dies long; the cover is of glass, and one end of the box is perforated by a circular hole 1^ inches in Fio. 3.—
. Brief guide to the commoner butterflies of the northern United States and Canada [microform] : being an introduction to a knowledge of their life histories. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. r ^ "I 186 APPENDIX. oven, a spirit-lamp, forceps, a jmir of finely-pointed scis- sors, a bit of rag, a little fine wire, and a wheat straw, or a glass tube drawn to a fine point. The oven is simply an oblong tin box, about 'Z\ inches high, 2^ inches wide, and 5 in(dies long; the cover is of glass, and one end of the box is perforated by a circular hole 1^ inches in Fio. 3.—Oven and lamp for preparing caterpillars by inflation. The oven rests upon a wire standard as in the woodcut [Fig. 3]. No soldering should be used upon the oven, as it would soon be melted. The wire for the caterpillar should be verv fine and annealed: the best is that wound with green thread and used for artificial flowers. It should not be more than half a millimetre in diameter. [Fig. 4.] Kill the subject by a drop of ether or by a plunge in spirits. Then placing the caterpillar in the left hand, so as to expose its hinder extremity beyond the gently closed thumb and first two fingers, enlarge the vent slightly at the lower edge by a vertical cut with the scissors; next. 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 Scudder, Samuel H. (Samuel Hubbard), 1837-1911. New York : H. Holt
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