92 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '08 



President, Dr. William Morton Wheeler. 



First Vice-President, Dr. John B. Smith. 



Second Vice-President, Rev. Prof. C. J. S. Bethune. 



Secretary-Treasurer, J. Chester Bradley. 



Additional members of the Executive Committee: Dr. 

 James G. Needham, Prof. V. L. Kellogg, Prof. Herbert Os- 

 born, Prof. J. H. Comstock, Dr. P. P. Calvert, Mr. F. M. 

 Webster. 



STANDING COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. 



To serve 3 years, Dr. H. T. Fernald. 



To serve 2 years, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell. 



To serve i year, Dr. E. P. Felt. 



COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. 



Dr. Fernald moved, seconded by Dr. Smith: 



1. That the Entomological Society of America hereby endorses 

 the Code of Nomenclature, adopted by the International Zoological 

 Congress, as the code which should be used by the members of the 

 Society so far as it can be applied. 



2. That cases not covered by this code which may be presented 

 to the Society for consideration, be referred to a standing Committee 

 on Nomenclature, to consist of three members, one member of which 

 shall be elected each year for a term of three years, and the opinion 

 of this Committee on cases referred to them, shall be reported to the 

 Society at the first annual meeting subsequent to their reference to 

 the Committee. 



Mr. Bradley moved to amend by striking out the second 

 clause, because entomology should not be treated as distinct 

 from Zoology in general, and because the Commission on 

 Nomenclature established by the International Congress of 

 Zoology is the sufficient and proper body before which to 

 bring such question for decision. 



Dr. Fernald stated that the reports of the Commission on 

 Nomenclature of the International Congress of Zoology are 

 greatly delayed by the fact that the Congress meets only once 

 in three years, and by the rule that a question must be pre- 

 sented at least a year before the meeting at which it is to be 

 considered. It was not the intention of the mover that the 

 Committee should act in opposition to or independently from 



