PACKING SPECIMENS ALREADY EXPANDED, &C. 



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the specimens in one row, as near of a size as possible, and in the case of large- 

 bodied moths always secure the abdomen in the manner described on page 23. 



Another plan, somewhat similar to that just described, is to begin at the 

 upper corner, facing your left hand, as in previous instance, but, instead of 

 pinning from left to right, to pin from top to bottom of box; see Diagram 

 III B, Plate 2 ; but the first plan will be found the best, on trying. 



If you wish to send the names of the examples along, the best plan is to 

 put on the pin, near the point, of each specimen a little piece of paper with a 

 No. corresponding to a No. on a list which you send by mail; thus, No. 5 is 

 on the pin of a white butterfly your correspondent looks on the list you have 

 sent him, and finds that No. 5 is Anthocharis Genutia. Here is the plan of 

 making out lists : 



ORDINARY FORM. 



NAME. 



a 



o 



LOCALITY. 



Bogota. 



Penna. 



Para. 



Germany. 



Russia. 



FORM IN WHICH THE EXCHANGING is DONE ON A MONEY BASIS, EACH 



EXAMPLE HAYING A FIXED PRICE. 



Always keep a copy of the list, so that if your letter containing it is lost, 

 you can make out another for your friend. 



Never send this list in the box or package which contains the butterflies, 

 unless they are not going out of the country, for the revenue regulations are 

 strict as regards sending writing in boxes of goods, and never, on any pre- 

 tence, send a letter in a box that is to pass through the Customs ; it not only 



