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Submit original and two copies of manuscripts to Editor, Brimleyana, North Carolina State 
Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611. In the case of multiple 
authorship, indicate correspondent. Manuscripts submitted for publication in this journal 
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inch margin on all sides. Double space all typewritten material. 
The first page will be separate and contain the title and the author’s name and address. 
Where appropriate, the title will indicate at least two higher categories to which taxa 
belong. Example: Studies of the genus Hobbseus Fitzpatrick and Payne (Decapoda: Cam- 
baridae). 
A brief informative abstract on a separate sheet follows the title page, preceding the text. In- 
dicative abstracts are not acceptable. Footnotes will be used only where absolutely 
necessary, numbered consecutively throughout the paper. 
Individuality of writing style and text organization are encouraged, but for longer papers 
the INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION 
and LITERATURE CITED format is preferable, with those headings centered and 
capitalized. Headings plus sub-headings must be kept to a total of three levels. 
Scientific names in taxonomic papers will include the author in first usage. Descriptions of 
new taxa must be in accordance with the requirements of established international codes. 
Etymology is desirable. 
Last item in the text will be acknowledgments, with the body of the section preceded 
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Appendixes: place after acknowledgments and before literature cited. 
Form for literature cited: Author’s last name, first name, middle initial. Year. Title. Jour- 
nal (see BIOSIS list of Serials with Title Abbreviations) volume (number) :pages. Provide 
total number of pages for books, dissertations, and theses. For second authors use initials 
followed by last name. Examples: 
Woodall, W. Robert, Jr., and J. B. Wallace. 1972. The benthic fauna in four small southern 
Appalachian streams. Am. Midi. Nat. 5S(2):393-407. 
Crocker, Denton W. and D. W. Barr. 1968. Handbook of the Crayfishes of Ontario. Univ. 
Ontario Press, Toronto. 158 pp. 
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Form for citing references in text: parenthetical (Woodall and Wallace 1972:401), page 
numbers optional, following a colon; for more than two authors use et al. (not italicized). 
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