Annual report . Type H levels, to provide for the mounting of specimens on all four sidesof the case. SPECIAL ENTOMOLOGY TYPE Type H. Type H was designed to exhibit insects mounted onflat surfaces in proximate relation to descriptive groups showingthe life history of typical members of the series illustrated in theflat exhibits. The general design of this case somewhat resemblesthe entomological cases of the American Museum of NaturalHistory known as the A and table cases combined, but with the REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I913 13 added feature of a middle upright section in the shape of a rectan-gu
Annual report . Type H levels, to provide for the mounting of specimens on all four sidesof the case. SPECIAL ENTOMOLOGY TYPE Type H. Type H was designed to exhibit insects mounted onflat surfaces in proximate relation to descriptive groups showingthe life history of typical members of the series illustrated in theflat exhibits. The general design of this case somewhat resemblesthe entomological cases of the American Museum of NaturalHistory known as the A and table cases combined, but with the REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I913 13 added feature of a middle upright section in the shape of a rectan-gular exhibition space for the display of the life history groups. The exhibition space is divided into three sections in which eachof the two end sections consists of two shallow flat elements oneither side of the longitudinal axis opening by hinged lids and sur-mounted by narrow vertical elements with slightly inclined sides,one of which is removable for the insertion of a double diaphragm. Type I to hold the specimens which are consequently visible from bothsides of the case. In the middle section, the vertical element isrectangular and is not provided with a diaphragm. The horizontalelements are 4 feet long by 1 foot 10 inches wide by 6 inches deep,the decks and lids are parallel and slightly inclined from the hori-zontal, the former being 2 feet 2 inches at the outside and 2 feet 6inches at the inside line. 14 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM The upright end element is 4 feet long, 1 foot 3 inches wide atthe bottom and 2 feet high. The same dimensions hold for themiddle element except that this latter is 2 feet 3 inches high. Thedeck for all the upright elements is 3 feet 2 inches from the floorlevel. The case is supported on legs and covers a floor space of 12feet by 5 feet. FREE STANDING TYPES FOR LARGE SPECIMENS In the free standing types of cases are represented the extremesof simplicity in case design, in that they involve primarily a deck
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