STORING 
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Storing' in j^npcr envolopcs. A\hen on u collecting lour curry u tia\elling box ot setting boards, but 
failing this the captures can best be stored in triangular paper envelopes placed in a wooden box or 
a tin.^ In the subtropics a close fitting tin should never be used for this purpose, as the moisture and 
heat of the atmosphere, and that from the bodies of the insects, will quickly cause decay: a cigar 
box is then an ideal receptacle and the tobacco aroma keeps (he insect pests at a distance. 
The envelopes are made by folding an oblong ]ucco of while paper to the size required in the 
following wav. Fold the left hand bottom corner to a little past the centre of the right hand side 
of the iraper; bring down the top stpiare over the folded side, anil then fold over the corners ami 
edges. On the outside margin of each envelope iiencil the date and the locality of each capture. 
Before jilacing each butterfly in its envelope see that its wings are folded over its back leaving the 
undersurface only exposed. With each butterfly of the genus Cafopailia place a scrap of blotting 
paper between tlie wings and the body: this will help to absorb any gi’ease that may later develop. 
For tlie setting of these jjapered specimens see our bints in the paragraph iqjon relaxing. 
Sending butterllies through the post. If sent in the triangular ])aper envelopes these may be placed in 
a small Hat tin and posted without any fiirtbor packing. With set sjmeimeus gi-eater care is needed. 
They should ho firmly pinned in a small corklined box: the heavicr-bodiod specimens should have a 
small wad of cotton wool beneath the abdomen and should then be crosspinned as when setting. With 
large butterflies a stout ])in fixed in (be cork close against the ba.se of costa of each wing avoids the 
danger of the insect swinging on its pin. With a little care and ingenuity the wings of set butterflies 
may be overlaiipod in the postbox, and a large number packed in a very small space. 
This ])ostbox must now be enclosed in a tin large onougb to give a sj)ace of not less than one inch all 
round. This space between the outer and inner package should be filled with woodwool, shavings or 
crushed imjier to take the jars I’eceivcd in transit. 
A tin is preferable to a box for the outer package as it will stand rough usage that would crush a 
wooden box. AVitli this method of packing the most fragile of set butterllies can travel any distance 
with very slight risk of injury. 
