418 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Nov., 'l6 



General color pure black on head and thorax, perhaps a slight me- 

 tallic (bluish) tint at sides; head and thorax minutely cancellate ; eyes 

 wholly dark ; antennae black or almost so, the scape above and club at 

 end reddish ; legs black, the anterior tibiae clear red, all basitarsi pallid 

 reddish ; central blotch of wings very dilute, not very conspicuous. 



The eyes are hairy ; face with strong striae converging toward mout'n ; 

 mandibles dark red, with very large triangular teeth, 3 on left mandible, 

 4 on right. The following measurements are in microns : width of 

 head, about 1250; width of antennal club, 112; length of submarginal 

 vein, 830; marginal, 240; stigmal, 208; postmarginal, 270. The sub- 

 marginal vein is longer in proportion to the marginal than Ashmead 

 indicates for his species. 



Type in the writer's collection. 



An Easy Method of making Insect Labels. 



By R. H. BEAMER, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, 



Kansas. 



The inconvenience of printer's labels has led to the adoption 

 of photographed labels in the Entomological Collections in the 

 University of Kansas. The photographed labels have the ad- 

 vantage of being smaller and less expensive than those made 

 at the print shop. The printed labels formerly vised were 8x18 

 millimeters in size while the labels now used are commonly 

 half that size. The advantage of the small labels is very appar- 

 ent when the two sizes are seen in cases of small insects. 



The labels are first written out with a typewriter on white 

 paper of good quality so that the ink will not blur. The ma- 

 chine should have a black record ribbon to give the type as 

 strong contrast as possible on the white paper. Locality labels 

 are written in rows, two spaces being left between each two 

 labels and between each two rows of labels. When the page 

 is full it is then photographed to any size desired. 



When material has been determined by a specialist it is very 

 important that these determinations be preserved. This is ac- 

 complished by placing upon each individual specimen a small 

 label bearing the generic and specific name, the name of the 

 describer of the species and the name of the specialist who has 

 determined it. These labels are made in the following man- 

 ner : 



