56 THE SHORTER SCIENTIFIC PAPERS 



A. Accession Catalogue (arranged numerically) 



1. Accession number. 



2. Date received. 



3 . Description. 



4. How obtained. 



a. Purchase (cost ). 



b. Gift. 



c. Exchange. 



d. In trust. 



e. Museum collectors. 



5. From whom received. 



6. Address. 



7. Transportation number. 



8. Collector. 



9. Locality where collected. 



10. Date when collected (approximate). 



11. Correspondence filed under. 



12. Remarks. 



13. Date of entry. 



B. Department Catalogue (arranged numerically). 



1. Department number. 



2. Accession number. 



3. Original number. 



4. Number of specimens. 



5 . Sex. 



6. Stage of growth. 



7. Scientific name. 



8. Authority for identification. 



9. Date of identification. 



10. Locality where collected. 



11. Name of collector. 



12. Correspondence. J 



13. Date when collected. 



14. Character of specimens. 



1 5 . Remarks. 



16. Date of entry. 



C. Reference Catalogue (arranged alphabetically). 



1. Name of specimen (common name and scientific 

 name, — genus, species, — listed on separate cards). 



2. Department number. 



3. Character of specimen. 



4. Location. 



a. On exhibition. Case No. 



b. In storage. Drawer No. 



5. Number of specimens. 



The following suggestions have been found valuable in 

 regard to the data and their arrangement on the cards. 



