39O ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Dec..'l8 



RULES AND SUGGESTIONS GOVERNING PUBLICATION IX 

 "PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 



WASHINGTON." 



RULE i. No description of a new genus, or subgenus, will be 

 published unless there is cited as a genotype a species which is 

 established in accordance with current practice of zoological nomen- 

 clature. 



RULE 2. In all cases a new genus, or subgenus, must be character- 

 ized and if it is based on an undescribed species the two must be 

 characterized separately. 



RULE 3. No description of a species, subspecies, variety or form, 

 will be published unless it is accompanied by a statement which in- 

 cludes the following information, where known: (i) the type-locality; 

 (2) of what the type material consists with statement of sex, full 

 data on localities, dates, collectors, etc., and (3) present location of 

 type material. 



RULE 4. -No unsigned articles, or articles signed by pseudonyms or 

 initials will be published. 



RULE 5. The ordinal position of the group treated in any paper 

 must be clearly given in the title or in parentheses following the title. 



SUGGESTION i. All illustrations accompanying an article should be 

 mentioned in the text and preferably in places where the object illus- 

 trated is discussed. 



SUGGESTION 2. It is desirable in describing new genera and species 

 that their taxonomic relationship be discussed, and that distinguishing 

 characters be pointed out. 



SUGGESTION 3. In discussion of type material modern terms indicat- 

 ing its precise nature will be found useful. Examples of these terms 

 are: type (or holotype), allotype, paratype. cotype, lectotype, neotype, 

 etc. 



SUGGESTION 4. In all cases in the serial treatment of genera or 

 species and where first used in general articles the authority for the 

 species, or genus, should be given, and the name of the authority should 

 not be abbreviated. 



SUGGESTION 5. Where the title of any publication referred to is not 

 written in full, standard abbreviations should be used. 



SUGGESTION 6. When a species discussed has been determined by 

 some one other than the author it is important that reference be made 

 to the worker making the identification. 



So far as the NEWS is concerned, we have, we believe, ob- 

 served most of these Rules and Suggestions for some years 

 previous to the action of the Executive Committee at Wash- 

 ington, and not a few letters have been sent out from ihe 

 Editor's office to our contributors asking for fuller in forma- 



