Vol. XXI I ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



Aug. 4, 4.30 P. M. Visit to the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle. 

 Brussels, where a group picture of the Congress was taken. 



Au - 5' 7 p - M. Banquet at the Taverne Royale. "It was 

 a swell affair and a great success. Of course there were many 

 speeches and much good fellowship and the wine flowed and 

 made things merry. Some of the men wore splendid decora- 

 tions. It was really a fine thing to see so many distinguished 

 entomologists under such auspices." 



Aug. 6 Excursions to the Ardennes, Bruges and Ostend, 

 or Antwerp. 



Aug. 7, 9 P. M. Reception by the Mayor of Brussels at the 

 Hotel de Ville. 



Of the Congress as a whole Dr. Skinner writes, "The meet- 

 ings were well attended and the papers interesting and valu- 

 able." The writer in the Times declares it "was an unqualified 

 success from start to finish." 



The propositions laid before the Section on Nomenclature 

 were: (translated from the French) 



1. It is desirable that the international rules of zoological 

 nomenclature should also be followed by entomology in so far 

 as they respond to the needs of this science. 



2. It is desirable that descriptions be accompanied by figures 

 as far as possible. 



3. The names of authors ought to be written in full as far 

 as possible. The Committee on Entomological Nomenclature 

 is charged to prepare a list of abbreviations of the names of 

 authors for the next Congress. 



4. Descriptions which are published only in merchants' cata- 

 logs or in political journals are to be rejected (without retro- 

 active effect). 



5. The Committee on Entomological Nomenclature is charg- 

 ed to prepare for the next Congress, a list of names of genera, 

 species and varieties whose orthography it is desirable to cor- 

 rect. 



6. It is highly desirable that entomological publications bear 

 the precise date of their publication. The permanent interna- 

 tional committee is charged to make known this resolution of 



