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EXOTIC INSECTS. 
both as regards economy of space and tlie pre- 
servation of the collection. Insects and Crus- 
tacea in spirits will of course remain uninjured, 
the bottles being well secured from breaking. 
The loose insects may be packed in tin canisters 
in layers of cotton, with alternate layers of 
calico, having camphor with spirits of turpen-^ 
tine sprinkled upon every layer. The butter- 
flies, moths, &c. which may be pinned should 
be firmly fixed in the corked store boxes, and 
the whole kept quite dry. Large beetles and 
other hard-cased insects may be packed in fine 
dry sand, or bran sprinkled with powdered 
camphor. When the labours of the collector 
have terminated, he may secure his packing 
case in coarse canvas, and paint or tar it over, 
and write on it in large letters. To be kept 
DRY. 
