The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-13
vh,ch entomolorists are strl discussing. p

Ehich entomolouists are sim discussing. Pap
Ito Epdn ie an insect which took a sudden drop
paid $40 for a specimen sovorai years ago, and
Two years later a collector, wandering through
fairly swarmed with these Papiiios. He Allied
all his spare space with Thorn and on his return
host. paying Insects Is the Morpho Cuprts of
Brazil, q superb iridescent azure creature
measuring seven or eight inches across the
Apiece, although It Is neither rare nor very
only. Curiously enough, the female is OK.
tremely rare; so rare that scientists differ as to
It's appearance. II being generally conceded that
In. their years of collecting and excha. Cling
neither Of the Dentons has over seen "a female
One OF tho mimic butterflies. Pdpnio eau
nus, is valued Al $50, Tot only on account OF it's
E r%i.iyi Sq il II, TeS SiSst from r. mt the %'G Common al EuploeG
Rhdddmdnthnis. which 1t min cs. The. COM
moner insect has n. Dunge..t odor which pro.
for birds. The rare Papllio has no odor. but It
has cunning. Being much like the Euploea
i Il hDp %snseS Of + n fiiSf Win Wbieb th IS a, &sS mi rrd%
the normal Papilio flight. thereby deceiying
hungry bird and predatory entomologist n Ike.
imitation act, but the male doesn't. and is CON
ssssGuentiy rarely found outside the interior OF
moth with a large minus value about 1928, 900
thus far. This Is the gypsy. moth. Ocherid. DIS
ear. 1t belongs, properly In Europe, and the
Bay State Inhabitants fervently wish IL had
never left there. Some years ago some sreci-
mems were imported as silk moths. They
d MStsnp'i ali tho ine'V veset al in sight. Since then
H. has cost the State 100000 to keep them
within bounds, and they haven't heo. ren-
mems. To collectors they are less valuable
One OF the dificulties of collecting Is to cap
ture and XIII the specimens without In ~ to
the delicate wings. There II in Central Amer
loa a rare kind Of Thecla butterfly, not a single
mounted. From the bottom OF each lower
wing depend two thread like tilcments. so deli
them whom the insect is Melted. Probably II
perfect specinen vii be obtained only when
form. In the Denton collection there are n
number Of butterflies with these wing tails"
or swallow tails" as they are called. one In
particular with flaments as fine rs the small
est silk thread. Often. too. IL. catching, the
antennn are broken. and the delicat- scales of
lectors prefer, when possible. To got the insect
In either the larval or the chry Said form. and
wait for its development. as this insurts n per-
foot specimen. But those collectors who 20
into wild countries have not the facilities for
them. they could furnish the particular vegS,
tation on which the larvn live. An indefinite
lumber OF butterflies can be carried. a; each
paper cooked hat takes up but a tenth of an
Inch or NO in thickness.
In this form they are sent or taken to the
dealers. where tho mounters steam them, for
the wings stiffen very quick y. and mount
them on spreading boards. leaving them
spread until the wigs stli'en in the spread po-
sition. Formerly all insects We're mounted in
large cabinets. with anywhere from u score To
300 specimens in Il cabinet. but In the Denton
process each specimen is mounted separately
on n plaster OF Paris slab covered with glass.
This process SHOWS OF the insects TO the uest
advantage. and there is little doubt that by it
til" traffic in lepiGoltera will be greatly in
creased, since ii makes each mounted butter
dy or moth Sn object of art and beauty.