. British butterflies : figures and descriptions of every native species, with an account of butterfly development, structure, habits, localities, mode of capture, and preservation. Butterflies; Butterflies. 54 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. inclosed butterfly shuts his wings, as he usually does when the net wraps round him. Now take one of your thin pins, and pass it through the thorax of the butterfly, while open or shut, and put it into the corked lining of your pocket-box. So secured, the butterfly will travel uninjured till you reach home; but a heap of dead butterflies in a box together will, in t
. British butterflies : figures and descriptions of every native species, with an account of butterfly development, structure, habits, localities, mode of capture, and preservation. Butterflies; Butterflies. 54 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. inclosed butterfly shuts his wings, as he usually does when the net wraps round him. Now take one of your thin pins, and pass it through the thorax of the butterfly, while open or shut, and put it into the corked lining of your pocket-box. So secured, the butterfly will travel uninjured till you reach home; but a heap of dead butterflies in a box together will, in the course of a long walk, so jostle together, as to entirely destroy each other's beauty, rubbing off all their painted scales, when, of course, they are as butter- flies no longer. When you get home, take out all the pins, excepting such as may be stuck perpendicularly through the middle of the thorax, and as soon as possible proceed tc " set" your captures. Preparatory to this, some articles called setting-boards must be provided. A section of one of these is shown in the accompanying cut; but in reality they are made. much longer, so as to accommodate a column of half-*- dozen butterflies or more: the breadth may vary, ao. 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 Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829-1904; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905; Hill, Henry A. , former owner. DSI; Garrett, C. , former owner. DSI. London ; New York : George Routledge & Sons
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