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in trust priceless collections of type material, should be ignored. 

 It is, moreover, a piece of practical wisdom not to put all eggs 

 (types) in any one basket, be it ever so "fireproof." 



The point which we would emphasize is that scattered types, 

 and the smaller collections of similar material, should be placed 

 in fireproof buildings, under continuing care and guaranteed 

 maintenance. The U. S. National Museum is one of these de- 

 positories, and most of the entomological workers in the East 

 have made frequent use of the great type collections there 

 located. However, other great repositories exist, their collec- 

 tions are maintained in excellent condition and preservation and 

 are in constant use by entomological workers. Without reflec- 

 tion upon the U. S. National Museum, its administration, its 

 staff or the maintenance of its entomological collections as a 

 whole, the other institutions appeal as earnestly as the National 

 Museum for the deposit of type material. Let the Entomolog- 

 ical Society of America hold a brief for no one institution or 

 collection, but urge the support and upbuilding of all those 

 which have done and are doing their "bit" in the development 

 of entomological science. 



J. A. G. R. 



Dr. H. H. Field and the Concilium Bibliographicum. 



The recently announced sudden death on April 5, 1921, of 

 Dr. Herbert Haviland Field, at Zurich, Switzerland, merits 

 more than a passing notice by entomologists. Born in Brooklyn, 

 New York, April 25, 1868, educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic 

 and at Harvard, he made researches on the anatomy and devel- 

 opment of vertebrates until failing eyesight forced their aban- 

 donment. Impelled to further the progress of zoology in some 

 line, he organized the Concilium Bibliographicum at Zurich. 

 This institution undertook the compilation and publication of 

 titles and references to place of publication of current zoological 

 books and papers, in book form for the Zoologischer Anzeigcr, 

 of Leipsic, and as a card catalog for libraries and individuals. 

 A classification of the subject matter of zoology was devised, 

 each division and subdivision designated by index numbers, and 

 usually several appropriate numbers accompanied the title of 



