MEMORANDUM FOR AUTHORS OF PAPERS. 
THE attention of authors is particularly directed to the ee 
instructions, the opera of which will greatly aid the work of both 
Editor and prin It is of importance that in pemon as well 
as other copy amr space һа be left between the lines 
1. All papers must be typewritten, unless special permission to send 
in written papers has been granted by the Editor for the time being. 
Wide spacing between the lines and ample margin should be left. 
2. The author should read over and correct the copy before sending 
it to the Editor of the Transactions. 
3. A badly arranged or carelessly ay cali paper will be sent back 
to the author for amendment. It is not the duty of an editor to amend 
either bad arrangement or defective меоя 
4. In regard to underlining of words, it is advisable, as а rule, 
underline ошу specific and generic names, titles of books and ас 
and foreign w 
5. In i sed to specific names, the International Rules of Zoological 
Nomenclature and the International Rules for Botanical Nomenclature 
must be adhered to. 
6. Titles of papers should give a clear indication of the scope of the 
paper, and such indefinite titles as, e.g., ‘‘ Additions to the New Zealand 
Fauna " should be avoided. 
7. Papers should be as concise as possible. 
8. Photographs intended for е should be the best pro- 
curable prints, unmounted and sent flat 
9. Line Drawings.—Drawings and РЕ may be executed in line 
or wash, If m in ен е., with реп and ink—the best results are 
quality, drawn on a smooth surface, such as Bristol board. Thin, 
scratchy, or faint lines must be avoided. Bold work, drawn to about 
twice the size (linear) of the plate, “will give the best results. Tints or 
washes may not be used on line drawings, the object being to get the 
ко contrast from a densely black line drawn on a smooth, white 
surfac 
10. Wash Drawings.—lf drawing in wash is preferred, the washes 
should be made in such water-colour as lamp-black, ivory black, or 
India ink. These reproduce better than neutral tint, which inclines too 
much to blue in its light d'en High lights are better left free from 
colour, although they may be stopped out with Chinese white. As in 
line drawings, a fine surface should be used (the grain “of most drawing- 
papers reproduces in the print with bad effect), and well-modelled 
агана work will give satisfactory results. 
11. Size of Drawings.—The printed plate will not exceed 7}in. 
44in., and drawings for plates may be to this size, or рена а Dh 
thereof, MN the same proportion of height to width of plate. 
When a number of doing. are to appear on one plate they should be 
