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When a collection is made, the first thing to do is to write np the 

 accessions catalogue. To do this, write the date in the left-hand col- 

 iiuin in figures, the month first, as 6-12, the year being written onlj^ 

 once — at the top of each page. In the second column write the 

 locality just as it appears on the label, and in the third column the si3e- 

 cial locality where these insects were taken. In the next column 

 write the name or simply the initials of the collector. Then for the 

 rest of the width of the page any notes of value on anything taken, 

 as in any other sj^stem. I usuall}^ here outline the exact trip taken, 

 the stops made, the particular plants collected from, etc., noting as I 

 go along any facts that will add to existing knowledge. In this Avay 

 if there is anything to record it is written out, and if there is nothing 

 special to note or only facts that have been noted many times before, 

 the simple date and trip note will be sufficient. Oftentimes in this ^ysiJ 

 when the life history or food plant of a species has been made out, a 

 great deal of additional information or confirmation can be gained 

 from these short notes; while any deductions made at that time would 

 probably have been erroneous. A sample form follows: 



1901. 



6-1^ 



8-3 



8-15 



Fort Collins. 



R.R. south. 



D u r a n g o , Up hill east. 

 Colo. 



Fort Collins - 



North 6 miles. 



E. D. B 



E. D. B. 



C. P. G. 



Xysius miniitus found abdt. in strawberry bed 

 sucking the juice from the berries as fast as 

 they ripen. They were clustered on a turn 

 ble weed (il/ono/ep/s), which appeared to be 

 their breeding place. On south to altalfa 

 field found Melanoplus bivittafics larvae., 

 small to half-grown, abdt. on margins and 

 ditch banks. Swept JassidsB and Cercopidte 

 from. Agr op yrum glaucnm. On over to ory 

 pond took Laccocera abdt., both sexes, from 

 dry ground, by lence: also several Lygceids. 

 Coleopt. from willow. 



Swept Artemisia S-dentata; took short- 

 winged grasshopper, common everywhere, 

 one^Phlepsins sp. like one from Rifle, three 

 white Anabrus from clumps on hillside. 

 Swept oak: took Evttetti.v sp. neav J ucioid us 

 (red) Scaphoideus, Melinna. Swept cedar; 

 took Scaphoideus (white tip), red Platyme- 

 topius, a green Eutettix and the pretty 

 n.sp. 



Swept dry ground: took two species of Scolops 

 and Driotura. Small bees from Cleome, 

 Bombus from Helianthus. Typhlocybinse 

 abdt. on apple. 



The labels we print ourselves on a hand press. They are all printed 

 out except the day of the month, and where large collections are made 

 on a given date the entire label is set up. The regular Fort Collins 

 labels are all printed in advance for the season ; the others are printed 

 at odd times and as they are needed. 



The labels are never over 10 mm. long and 3 mm. wide; the card 

 points are cut with a razor to a uniform length of 9 mm., and the 

 labels are pinned at one end and extend under the card i^oint. On 

 insects that are pinned through the body the labels are pinned so as 

 to extend parallel with the long axis of the insect. In this way it is 

 ver}^ rare that a label extends bej'Ond an insect, and never bej^ond a 

 card point, thus insuring a neat collection. 



