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ESPECIALLY FOR COLLECTORS Vol.11: nos.4-5
PIERID/5L— Aporia leucodyce, A. agathon caphusa, Pieris canida, P. brassicce, Gonepteryx rhamni, Colias electo (6 species).
HESPERIIDi£. — Celcenorrhinus leucocera, Pelopidas mathias, P. sinensis, Taractro-cera danna, Oriens gola, Ochlodes brahma (6 species).
I am indebted to Dr. C. L. REMINGTON, Mr. FRANCIS HEMMING, and Mr. E. P. Wiltshire (writers in The Lepidopterists' News) for stimulating my interest in the above subject. Butterflies of the Indian Region by M. A. Wynter-Blyth (1957) was used for classification of the species recorded in this article.
Ernest M. Shull, Ahwa, via Bilimora, Dangs Dist., B.S., INDIA
A SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR PAPERED LEPIDOPTERA
I have designed, manufactured, and put in use a light weight, sturdy container which will withstand rough handling by the U. S. Postal Service. The container is made of corrugated paper and comes in three pieces before assembly. The components are: (1) topless box, 6V4 X 6L4 X 314 inches; (2) a partition which folds into a triange and fits snugly into the box to receive triangular envelopes above and below, folds over to form the lid; (3) a sleeve which slips over two of these boxes. The sleeve may be cut in half for one-box shipments. It will accommodate with equal facility several sizes of triangular envelope.
Although this container was designed primarily for shipping purposes, it also makes an excellent storage box for extra specimens. Being of paper construction it is easily impregnated with residual insecticides for the protection of specimens in storage.
Roy O. Kendall, 135 Vaughn PL, San Antonio 1, Texas, U. S. A.
STORING SMALL SERIES OF DUPLICATE SPECIMENS
Collectors in the United States who use glassine envelopes for duplicate specimens may be interested in a convenient storage method. All too frequently many species are taken in such small numbers that storing them handily presents a problem. Often the collector winds up with several cigar boxes of miscellaneous specimens which suffer a high percentage of breakage from sorting through them for a particular species. One of the most satisfactory sizes for transparent envelopes is 1^4 inches by 2^4 inches. This size fits very readily into the "flip top" cardboard box so popular now for several brands of long size cigarettes. Ten of these cigarette boxes fit snugly into an empty nickel Almond Hershey chocolate bar cardboard box 6^4 inches by 4^4 inches by 2-J4 inches. Boxes of this size are easy to store or shelve, and are easy to find at the corner grocery store. While neither container is tight enough to protect specimens against museum pests during prolonged storage, they can be charged with a few crystals of paradichlorobenzene and sealed shut with tape if necessary. By using this method small series of specimens can be kept separate, yet grouped together by genus, check list numbers, or whatever method is handiest.
FRED T. THORNE, 1360 Merritt Drive, El Cajon, Calif., U. S. A.