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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Museum at Washington. The case Is " free standing," that is, 

 open to view on all four sides. It measures 8 feet long by 3 feet 

 wide by 8 feet high and the deck or case flooring is i foot 1 1 inches 

 above the general floor level. Access to the cases is obtained 

 through double doors on both long sides which admit of the easy 

 arrangement of specimens in every portion of the exhibition space. 

 A wooden diaphragm for the support of slabs is fitted inside 

 each case, attached in such a way as to be readily removable should 

 the free case space be required for the display of large objects. 

 The diaphragms are in the form of rectangular, truncated pyramids 

 of steep inclination and are provided with narrow cleatlike pro- 

 jections, running continuously around the diaphragm at convenient 



Type H 



levels, to provide for the mounting of specimens on all four sides 

 of the case. 



SPECIAL ENTOMOLOGY TYPE 



Type H. Type H was designed to exhibit insects mounted on 

 flat surfaces in proximate relation to descriptive groups showing 

 the life history of typical members of the series illustrated in the 

 flat exhibits. The general design of this case somewhat resembles 

 the entomological cases of the American Museum of Natural 

 History known as the "A" and tabl^ cases combined, but with the 



