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each side of tlu- niuuth ;iml tin- Arab oalls it <lritati. 1 liopo you will got 

 the skill safely. 



W. A. LIGHT, Ma.iok, 

 Mesopotamia, l(i^// April 1917. n4th Mahrattas. 



[The fish is Barbiis scich.— Eos.} 



No. 



XVII.— THE PACKING OF PAPERED BUTTERFLIES FOR 

 SAFEKEEPING OK DESPATCH BY POST. 



As set butterflies easily become damaged during transport from one 

 place to another, some collectors in India keep their specimens in papers 

 until able to set them in England. 



Many collectors seem to take remarkably little trouble to preserve their 

 papered specimens from damage ; and as a little care in packing would 

 mean all the difference between pleasure and disappointment on receiving 

 specimens, a fellow-collector has persuaded me to send this note in case my 

 method of packing specimens, which I have employed for some eight years 

 past, may be of use to others. 



A. I'aperinij specimms. 



Standard sizes of paper-triangles should be used. For small and 

 medium sized butterflies semi-transparent butter-paper is best, as it enables 

 the contents to be seen through the paper at a glance, and guards against 

 spread of any grease that may form. For large triangles use stronger 

 glazed paper such as that of English illustrated weeklies, as glazed paper 

 does not rub the scales off the wings. 



Place the newly captured butterfly with the antennjB close against the 

 forewings and at the fold of the paper, so that they dry in that position 



3. Paget' A>r MediM^vn VcLptjr tvia.n^te. 



