NOTES AND LABELS. 



tail. Since inflation must be kept up until the larva's 

 skin is dried, gentle heat is usually used. A tin can, with 

 holes punched in it for ventilation and heated by an 

 alcohol lamp, makes a good oven, or one can be purchased. 

 Dealers also sell bellows, tubing, clips, ete., to make the 

 work of inflating easier. However inflated, green larvae 

 are apt to lose their color, for it is chlorophyll which fades 

 rapidly. Slow-drying paints relax the skin and distort it. 

 Therefore, if painting is done, the pigments should be 

 mixed with benzine or the like. 



^FIELD NOTES AND LABELS 



It is only by the greatest chance that the beginner gets a 



new or even rare species on ground that has been worked 



over by experienced collectors, but even the primary class 



in entomology may add to our store of knowledge if it 



keeps field notes well. Date of capture and locality are 



considered of prime importance. They should always be 



known and kept with every specimen, but the distribution 



and time of appearance of our more common species are 



known. It is of their habits that we are ignorant. What 



do they feed on? Under what conditions are 



jgii they to be found when young and when old, day 



' igii and night, winter and summer? What do they 



" 1911 do and how do they do it? Some system of 



Tukeit. BG. . . J J 



keeping notes is imperative if your collection is 



J9 to be worth while. 



Tukeit, BG. 



BG 1 ^k e P" 1 l aDe l should be small but legible. 



fi 1 Certain firms make a business of printing these 



fie 



Tukeit KG labels from small type, or the collector can make 



Tukeit. B 9 c! U P a sheet by means of an ordinary typewriter 



1911 (black ink is best) and have a block made from 

 this, greatly reduced in size. From this block 



ManatiP.R. J . 



Mch 5-14 any number of impressions can be made. Any 



ManatiP.R. f . J 



Mch 5-14 printer will attend to the whole business. 



ManatiP.R. 



Mch s'u Sample strips are shown in the margin. If dates 



ManatiP.R. 



are not P rm ted, they should be filled in before 

 cutting the labels apart. Field numbers can be 

 written on the back of these labels or put on a 

 Mch 5>u separate label. The collector's name can also 



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