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these abound with the smaller insects, and should 

 be put into a bag on the spot, and the mouth 

 of it tied close to prevent the escape of the 

 insects. As soon as an opportunity occurs the 

 hag should be plunged into boiling water, which 

 will, at once, destroy the lives of the insects 

 thus secured: it should then be emptied, the 

 contents spread on a cloth, or by other means 

 exposed to the sun, or otherwise thoroughly 

 dried, and then packed either in boxes or bot- 

 tles with camphor, until we have leisure to 

 select and secure the specimens thus obtained. 

 If the rejectamenta and insects be well dried 

 they may thus, with safety, be conveyed to 

 Europe : we may also observe, that in packing 

 the insects collected and preserved in this way 

 (a method that might be employed for all the 

 insects of this order), layers of cotton, moss, 

 or tobacco, previously well dried, should be 

 introduced, to prevent, in the first instance, 

 injury from moisture; and a portion of cam- 

 phor should be used, to keep off the minute 

 mites, &c. that would otherwise destroy them ; 

 they should also be packed close, so that any 

 sudden shake may not injure them, by breaking 

 off their legs, antennae, &c. Chip boxes will 

 answer well for this purpose. 

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