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Excerpt from Natural History: Of the Insects of China
Of the Entomology of China little more is known at the present time than Donovan was acquainted with. It is true we continue to receive numerous boxes of insects from China, chie?y purchased in the shops of Canton, but, like every thing Chinese, there is such an absolute monotony in these arrivals, that it is almost impossible to discover in a quantity of these boxes a single Species which is not contained in all the rest. It is evident that a considerable employment is produced by the rearing of the Atlas moth and some other Species, and in the collection of the other insects which we receive in such abundance. The Chinese boxes are made of a soft wood, about 16 inches by 11 in size, and of a sufficient depth to admit a tall needle; a layer of butterflies and moths stuck close to the point of the needle is placed at the bottom of the box, with another layer of beetles, flies, 860. Closely packed together and stuck high up on the needles, the points of which are passed through the wings of the butter?ies forming the under layer.
Donovan well observed that the Chinese, like their neighbours the Japanese, are well acquainted with the natural productions of their empire, and Zoology and Botany, in particular, are favourite studies amongst them.
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