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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



as "London," "Victoria," etc., might give rise to much confusion in 

 general collections. 



I have the honour, therefore, to propose the following system of 

 labeling all insects : 



i st. The exact locality is to be given in full, invariably including 

 county (or province) also, such as " Bognor, Sussex," '■ Admont, Styria," 

 " Palm Beach, Florida "; or if the county's name be abbreviated, the coun- 

 try also to be added, as " Bradford, Yorks., Eng." 



2nd. The date to be invariably given in the following order : Day, 

 month, year ; and to further avoid misunderstanding, the month to be 

 given in Roman numerals, thus: May 10, 1901, should read 10, v, 1901. 



3rd. The collector's name (if added) to be always placed sideways to 

 the rest of the inscription, and the ticket to be attached to the insect so 

 that it may be read from the right-hand side of the specimen. 



Examples : 



bd 



C 



K 

 H 



H 



New Forest, 

 Hants, Eng. 

 16, vi, 1901. 



The scientific value of collections thus uniformly labeled would, I 

 think, be increased, and reference, at least, much facilitated. 



E. Brunetti, London, England. 



BRITISH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. 

 The national collection of Lepidoptera located in the National 

 History Museum at South Kensington has recently been greatly enriched 

 by the addition thereto of the almost unique collection of butterflies from 

 Europe and Central and Eastern Asia, together with the collection of 

 European moths, formed by the late Mr. John Henry Leech, of Hurdcott 

 House, Salisbury. Arrangements had been made during Mr. Leech's 

 lifetime, under which the Museum became possessed of his Eastern Asian 

 moths, and now the same public institution has acquired the still more 

 important accessions adverted to, through the munificence of his mother, 

 Mrs. Leech, of Kensington Palace-gardens. Of Rhopalocera there are 

 rather more than 18,000 specimens. This collection of Palrearctic butter- 

 flies is very rich in Chinese and Japanese species, and in local forms and 

 aberrations of European species. The European Heterocera number 

 about 23,000 specimens. — Daily Telegraph, London, England. 



