Author Guidelines
Authors wishing to submit to Bulletin of the Firefly Museum of Toyota Town should read theseinstructions carefully before preparing their manuscripts.
MAIN CONTENTS OF MANUSCRIPT
File formats and page settings
Manuscripts must be on A4 size pages, in 12 pt font size, with 24 to 28 lines per page. The manuscript
has to be submitted as Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format.
Manuscript composition
The manuscript should start with the title of the paper, followed by the names of the authors, theaddresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out, an abstract, key words and the main bodyof text. The abstract should be a concise summary (250 words or fewer) of the manuscript's significantcontent. The abstract should be a concise summary of the manuscript's significant content. There shouldbe three to seven key words, which should not duplicate words in the title and should be arranged inalphabetical order, and preferably include the order and family names of the major organism(s)considered, if not appearing in the title.
The IMRAD format ("Introduction", "Materials and methods", "Results" and "Discussion") is
recommended for Original Articles, although following this format is at the author's discretion. The main
body of text in Short Communications should not be divided into sections with headings.
Units and numeric values
Measurements should be expressed in units of SI (International System of Units). A space should beinserted between number and unit except ˚C and %., and before and after =, ±, and so on. Numbers
between one and ten in the main body of the text should be written in full except dates, the numbering offigures, numbers accompanying metrical units (such as mm, m, km, mg, g, kg, s, min and h), andnumbers used in taxonomic descriptions. Numbers greater than ten should be written as numerals.
Numbers ≥ 1000 should include thousand separators using comma, e.g. 1,000 except years and page
numbers. Fractions should be written as decimals.
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments should be typed in a single paragraph headed "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS", directly
preceding the "REFERENCES" section. The source of financial grants and other funding must be
acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors' industrial links and affiliations. The
contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Personal thanks and thanks toeditors and anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.
REFERENCES
The Harvard (author/date) system of referencing should be used. In the text, give the author's namefollowed by the year in parentheses: Oba (2017). If there are two authors, use 'and': Oba and Matsuda(2018); but if cited within parentheses use '&': (Oba & Matsuda 2018). When reference is made to a workby three or more authors, the first name followed by et al. should be used: Oba et al. (2018).

BooksEguchi E., Tominaga Y. (1999) Atlas of Arthropod Sensory Receptor. Springer, Tokyo.
Journal articles with sequential page numbers of volume
Oba, Y., Branham, M. A., Fukatsu, T. (2011) The terrestrial bioluminescent animals of Japan. Zool. Sci.,
28: 771-789.
(Use a ‘dash’ but not ‘hyphen’ as the connector of page numbers.)
Title in English but text in a language other than English
Matsuda M. (1991) Social Wasps of Japan in Color. Hokkaido University Press, Sapporo. (In Japanese.)
Title translated by the author(s) into English
Hatanaka A. (1991) Feeding Habits of Coleoptera. Hokuryukan, Tokyo. (In Japanese)
TABLES AND FIGURES
Tables and figures should be limited to those required for clear communication and must be referred to: inthe text, Table 1, Tables 1 and 2, Tables 1‒3, Figure 1, Figures 1 and 2, Figures 1‒3; within parentheses,(Table 1), (Tables 1, 2), (Tables 1‒3), (Fig. 1), (Fig. 1A), (Fig. 1A, B), (Figs 1, 2), (Figs 1A, 2A), (Figs 1‒3). The same data should not be presented in both table and figure formats. Each table should be typed
with title (one sentence) and footnotes (if necessary) on a separate page (or multiple pages if required) at
the end of main text or as a separate file, and be numbered in sequence with Arabic characters. Inelectronic files, tables should be prepared in editable formats of MS Word or Excel, Adobe Illustrator;
pasted images are not acceptable.
All illustrations, including photographs, graphs and maps are treated as figures, even if they are arrangedin plates. Figures should be arranged in size no larger than 132 x 197 mm. Publication of color figures isfree of charge. Authors may be asked to restructure the figures in plate by order of Editors if some areconsidered to be smaller.
Review
Manuscripts will be reviewed in any case by external reviewers and editors.