Capture and Preservation of Butterflies 



cut the boxes round the sides and ends, so that each 

 box is divided into two equal traylike halves. Glue 

 a stout cardboard shell round the inside of one half, 

 and attach the other half by two small brass hinges. 

 The cardboard shell rises above the sides of the tray, 

 and when the other half of the box is folded over it 

 " stays put," as the Yankee says ; and, in addition, you 

 have a fairly air-tight construction. These store-boxes 

 fold after the manner of a book-form chess or draught 

 board. Each half requires to be lined on the inside 

 with sheet cork, which you can get from dealers in 

 entomologists' sundries, and finally covered with thin 

 white paper. Such a store-box costs less than one and 

 sixpence. Keep two or three boxes for duplicate 

 specimens, and as many for your permanent collection. 

 By-and-by you will want glass-topped cases, but by the 

 time you have arrived at that stage you should have 

 gained sufficient experience to enable you to know 

 where to buy them. 



See that every specimen before being transferred to 

 your permanent collection bears with it a small label 

 setting forth the date and place of capture, thus : 



EPPING, ABBEY WOOD, HERTS, 



9/6/1 1. 7/9/ 11 - 



J. Roberts. Robertson. 



Keep these tickets as inconspicuous as possible and with 

 the writing or printing in such a position as to be easily 

 read without requiring to remove the insect. 



The following list of British butterflies is thoroughly 

 modern, and in labelling your specimens you should 

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