ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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PHILADELPHIA, PA., JULY, 1912. 



With the present number of the NEWS our discussion on 

 priority in nomenclature closes for at least two calendar 

 months. Whether it be reopened depends on future events 

 and our contributors. Elsewhere in this issue we give the re- 

 sults of the vote of North American entomologists on this 

 question. The results throughout the world, as at present 

 known to us, are : 



For strict Against strict 



Priority Priority 



Scandinavian Zoologists 2 120 



German Zoologists n 115 



American Entomologists 95 191 



Total 1 08 426 



So far as the ballot instigated by the NEWS is concerned, 

 we believed it was desirable to determine whether strict prior- 

 ity or the preservation of commonly used names was approved 

 by the majority of working entomologists. When this is de- 

 cided, the ways and means of carrying the decision into effect 

 can be devised. 



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