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Mr. Webster thought Mr. Hopkins’ method too complicated. He 
used a notebook for his records, and gave a brief description of his 
method of entering notes as follows: 
In my own practice I ignore check-list numbers and use the name of a species, 
combining in one book the accessions catalogue and the notebook, my numbers 
running consecutively year after year, and through volume after volume. I use 
square 12 mo. blank books, the first line containing the number, host, and species, 
thus: 
825 Wheat. Isosoma tritici. 
June 29. Larve in straw, etc. 
All specimens connected with any note are numbered the same as the note. If 
there are parasites their names follow the species on the upper line. When my 
book is filled [ make a plant and an insect index referring to number of note and 
page of book, distinguishing these by black and red inks. 
The following paper was then read: 
ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGIST. 
By H. GarMAn, Lexington, Ky. 
The important reason for illustrating writings is, I take it, to make 
the meaning plainer; to help to the recognition of objects not easily or 
satisfactorily described. A few movements of the pencil in drawing 
often make clear what could not be adequately described in a page of 
text, and the simple sketch so made will, with most of us, leave a more 
lasting impression on the mind. We do not often forget what we have 
seen. We more often forget things read about. The usefulness of 
figures for this purpose is abundantly attested by the increasing demand 
for them in all sorts of commercial work—in advertising, in journalism, 
in literary magazines, and insmany departments of scientific work. It 
is probable that more new illustrations are now produced in a month 
than were issued in any year previous to 1870. 
The great majority of such illustrations are intended to convey infor- 
mation and to save time in description. Finish and technique in drawing 
are consequently matters of secondary importance. They answer their 
purpose with the public when accurate in a general way and as far as 
possible self-explaining. 
The public of the economic entomologist is not very different from 
the general public. It will not scrutinize an illustration very closely 
for details. It wants clearness first, finish next. But the position of 
the economic entomologist with reference to his public and to his subject 
is somewhat peculiar. If he published illustrations only for the use of 
