Acknowledgment of receipt of specimens. Duration of loans.
Most loans are renewable on request.
Loans initiated by graduate students must be cosigned by the major professor. Loans may not be forwarded to a third party without written permission of curator. Dissection of genitalia. Genitalia may be routinely dissected during revisional studies from specimens which are part of a series if dissected and stored in a generally accepted method for the taxon in question. Dissection of types, rare or unique specimens should follow written permission of the curator.