Oct.  1900.  Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
441 
order  of  the  collector's  numbers  and  so  entered  in  the  record  volume 
then  in  use,  the  corresponding  serial  catalogue  number  of  the  volume 
being  placed  upon  each  sheet  as  entered.  (The  catalogue  numbers 
commence  at  unity  in  Vol.  1,  and  continue  unbroken  through  all  suc- 
ceeding volumes.)  Should  a  previous  collection,  or  even  a  single 
specimen,  made  by  the  same  collector  in  the  locality  have  already 
been  entered  in  the  catalogue,  the  last  entry  of  that  collection  is 
referred  on  to  the  first  entry  of  the  new  lot,  a  rubber  stamp  reading  : 
'To  Vol.  ..,  page  being  used  for  this  purpose,  thus  rendering 
the  catalogue  of  each  collector's  material  virtually  consecutive. 
Immediately  upon  the  completion  of  the  entry  an  index  and  is  made 
out,  or  the  old  card  changed,  to  include  the  new  lot.  The  form  of  the 
card  is  as  follows  : 
Miixspaugh,  Dr.  C.  F. 
1—  Begins  —. 
, —  Ends  — , 
Total 
Locality. 
Vol. 
Page. 
Vol. 
Page. 
Specimens. 
80 
22 
70 
895 
West  Virginia,  
•  5 
121 
22 
70 
713 
.  10 
84 
16 
89 
307 
Cuba,  West  Indies,  .... 
•  5 
127 
16 
QO 
152 
St.  Thomas,  West  Indies,  . 
.  16 
19 
16 
29 
202 
Porto  Rico,  West  Indies,  . 
.  16 
7 
16 
90 
352 
81 
18 
88 
154 
Jamaica,  West  Indies,  . 
.  16 
45 
16 
90 
147 
Grand  Cayman,  West  Indies,  . 
.  16 
62 
16 
90 
173 
Forward, 
"  The  two  last  columns  are  filled  out  in  pencil,  as  they  are  subject 
to  change  at  any  time.  In  association  with  these  'Collector's  Cards  ' 
another  set  is  kept  for  the  geographic  localities  as  follows  : 
Cuba,  West  Indies. 
Collector. 
Vol. 
Page. 
Specimens. 
...  4 
166 
62 
146 
6 
...  4 
34 
615 
...  5 
127 
152 
Schott,  Dr.  Arthur,  
...  6 
179 
50 
.    .    .  20 
167 
1 
90 
84 
...  18 
59 
Rugel,  F.,   .    .    .  .  
.    .    .  20 
145 
1 
Forward, 
"On  these  cards  only  the  last  column  is  kept  in  pencil,  it  being 
the  'only  one  subject  to  change.  The  first  column  refers  to  the 
initial  entry  of  specimens  received  from  each  collector,  any  later 
additions  being  referred  to  at  the  end  of  the  preceding  lot  entered. 
