. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 57.—Pinning forceps. sold for about 40 cents a X)air by Codman, Shurtleff & Co., Tremont street, Boston, Mass. Aside from their utility in picking up speci- mens from the collect- ing cloth or the um- brella, the tweezers are indispensable for extracting insects from cracks, or holes in timber, or from their burrows in branches and stems of plants, or from places whence it is impossible to dislodge them by hand. The larger " collecting forceps," sold by various dealers, do good service in certain emergencies, as when large
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 57.—Pinning forceps. sold for about 40 cents a X)air by Codman, Shurtleff & Co., Tremont street, Boston, Mass. Aside from their utility in picking up speci- mens from the collect- ing cloth or the um- brella, the tweezers are indispensable for extracting insects from cracks, or holes in timber, or from their burrows in branches and stems of plants, or from places whence it is impossible to dislodge them by hand. The larger " collecting forceps," sold by various dealers, do good service in certain emergencies, as when large scorpions or other very large and ferocious insects are to be secured. For the handling of mounted insects various special forceps are em- ployed, a number of styles of which are shown at Figs. 56-8. TJie Brush.—A common camel's hair brush, of smaller or larger size according to individual preference, is useful for picking up very small or soft-bodied insects. For this purpose the brush is slightly moistened with saliva, and the tip brought in contact with the specimen, which. Fig. 58.—Pinning forceps for 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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