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Two files will be created in the Department of Mineral Sci¬ 
ences . One of these wi11 be a computerized index to the very 
important petrologic collections in the care of the Department. 
Another file, containing a great variety of information on the 
volcanoes of the world, will also be built. Work on the Volcanic 
Activity File has already begun and work on the petrologic col¬ 
lection will soon begin. 
If any of the activities now underway at the NMNH are of 
further interest to MUDPIE readers more information about any 
aspect of the program cnan be obtained by writing to; James F. 
Mello, Office of the Director, National Museum of Natural His¬ 
tory , Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 2 0 560.—James F. 
Mello. 
PLANT RECORDS CENTER 
The Plant Records Center of the American Horticultural Soci¬ 
ety (see MUDPIE no. 18, p. 4) has just published a summary of 
their first five years of progress, in the Arboretum and Botanical 
Garden, vol. 5, no. 4, October, 1971. The report includes a brief 
history of the P.R.C.; a summary of progress to date which includes 
a list of those arboreta and gardens now in the file; an account 
of available services with a schedule of costs to the user; a list 
of 21 computer programs used in retrieval from the file; a user's 
opinion of the services; and an outline of the .standard operation. 
Copies of the leaflet are available from Dr. R. D. MacDonald, Di¬ 
rector , A. H. S. Plant Records Center, John J « Tyler Arboretum, 
Lima PA 19060.--JAP. 
TAXONOMIC CATALOGS 
Systematic entomo 
ture and in the Smiths 
ic catalog that will c 
ciated data, of the Co 
effort will enlist the 
ists, who will be cont 
their respective speci 
family by family. The 
entries, and is to be 
logists in the U. S. Department of Agricul- 
onian Institution have initiated a taxonom- 
onsist of a listing of all names, with asso- 
leoptera (beetles) of North America. This 
aid of nearly all the concerned coleopter- 
ributing data for the beetle families in 
alties. The catalog will probably appear 
completed catalog will contain over 40,000 
issued as a publication of the U.S. Dept, of 
