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PHILADELPHIA, PA., DECEMBER, 1911. 



There are at least two kinds of sermons, one of them the 

 hortatory. As man is prone to fall into the same evil ways year 

 after year, he must be continually exhorted to reform the same 

 particular bad habit. Herein, we see the chief practical value 

 of sermons hortatory. 



So also there are at least two kinds of entomological editor- 

 ials, one of them the hortatory. Persuaded of the necessity of 

 this sort of editorial utterance, as of the hortatory sermon, 

 we shall make no apology for saying one and the same thing 

 many times in this column, if it appear desirable to do so. 



Now we say : Label your insects carefully and fully. 



A well-known entomologist writes : 



"So much of the material that comes to hand is poorly labeled 

 and it is even common for collectors to send in a lot of speci- 

 mens to a specialist and expect him to label them all in ac- 

 cordance with data given in a letter. Let every man label his 

 own things ! (Exceptions may be made for lots of unmounted 

 specimens of the same species)." 



In these days when special printers of entomological labels 

 exist and when many have their own micro-printing outfit, there 

 is no excuse for not labeling even a long series of specimens. 

 Each label should bear the name of the locality (nearest town, 

 village or postoffice, if no other exact designation is available) 



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