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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS - PROCEEDINGS OF DFC ELECTRONIC FORMAT - All abstracts and manuscripts must be submitted in electronic format. Deadlines for abstracts for the Annual Meeting are announced in mailings to the membership each year. Special arrangements for submission of hard copy only of abstracts (strictly for those without access to computers) may be made each year with the Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee who will set an earlier deadline for such submissions. Formats accepted include diskette (all DOS or Macintosh formats) or electronic mail. Abstracts and manuscripts will be accepted in ASCII format only and must be formatted as described below. ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) format files are easily saved from almost any word processor. Often called "Text" or "Text only" files, they are simply files from which all program-specific formatting codes have been stripped. Do not send files saved in your word-processor's unique format (the default way of ? saving files). To save an abstract as an ASCII file, type text in your word processor, formatting as described below. If sending by E-mail, before saving ASCII file, set margins and/or font so all lines have < 80 characters. If sending a floppy, line lengths < 256 characters are acceptable. Instructions for some word processors follow (actual keystrokes are set in upper case, bold and italicized). If you use another program, consult its documentation. Ami Pro v.2 (Windows) SA VE AS, ASCII & CRILF AT LINES & 8 BIT PC-ASCII MS Word(Mac)v.5 SAVE AS,TEXT ONLY;v.4-SAVE AS,FILE FORMAT, TEXT ONLY AIS Word(Windows) TRANSFER SAVE,TEXT-ONLY W-LINE-BREAKSinFORMAT WordPerfect(DOS)(v. 5.0/5.1) CONTROL-F5 (=Text out), Tor I (=DOS Text) WordPerfect (Windows) SAVE AS, specify ASCII TEXT (DOS) WordStar open non-document file (N from the menu), CONTROL-Q-Q-B If submitting a file on floppy disk, name it "DFCABSTR" (if > 1 file being submitted on a single disk, use numeric extensions, e.g. DFCABSTR.01, DFCABSTR.02) and put your name and address, the type of computer you used (Mac or IBM), and "DFCABSTR" on disk label. If E-mail, put "DFC Abstract" in subject line. Receipt of E-mail submissions will be immediately acknowledged via return E-mail. Acknowledgement of receipt of floppy disks will be by ordinary mail. Submission of hard copy is not required, but encouraged since it could be useful if problems are encountered. ABSTRACT FORMAT REQUIREMENTS - All information must be contained in 8 to 10 blocks (fields) of text separated from each other by a blank line. Abstract length is not limited, but recall the definition of "abstract" and the fact that space equals money. Also recall that translation of your abstract is provided by volunteers. Since diacritical marks are not in the standard ASCII set of characters, use vertical bars (i) around single characters that need accents or other diacritical marks (e. g., "ma i n i ana" will be translated to manana and "M, e1 xico" will become Mexico. All single characters bounded by vertical bars will be translated as in Spanish (a6f6dfi) unless special notice is given of exceptions by submission of highlighted hard copy. Italicized words or phrases should be surrounded by braces ({)), e.g. ?Cyprinodon diabolis) = Cyprinodoa diabolis. Each text string so bounded by braces in any part of the file will be placed in the taxonomic index, so any terms (to be italicized or not) which authors wish to have indexed in the taxonomic index should be bracketed. Do not include > 1 name or taxonomic index entry within a single set of brackets. Order, family, and other category names placed in brackets but not normally italicized will be indexed only. Characters bounded by the caret O symbol (e.g. "superscript") will be set as `°Nf3C1P`s in final copy, and those bounded by underscores (e.g. (_subscript_) will be set as , Do not use these special characters anywhere in text where these special features are not to be invoked, and always use them in pairs (i.e. start and stop special features). See sample abstract below. Use mixed tipper and lower case text throughout (see example). Authors are responsible for checking spelling and grammar. Each line must start on the left margin (i.e. no leading spaces or tabs). Single blank lines are required between text blocks (do not use multiple blank lines) and, are allowable within text blocks only in the abstract text block. Text blocks must be in the order specified below. Blocks 1-8 are required. Follow instructions carefully. 1. The first block is to contain complete mailing information for the author making the presentation or person to whom correspondence should be addressed. Enter as multiple lines exactly as if addressing an envelope. 2. The second block is to contain the list of authors for the abstract. Each name is to be entered as surname, a comma, and initials, and (if applicable), another comma and other designation (e.g. Jr.). Use a semicolon 68