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stamped with such an authority as will suffice to make it pass current." — 

 Expian. Rem. to Rule I. 



" The name originally given, even though it may be inferior in point 

 of elegance or expressiveness to those subsequently proposed, ought, as a. 

 general principle, to be permanently retained." — Ibid. 



9. The same generic name may be employed in Botany, but not in 

 Zoology. 



I have heard the objection to the application of the above Rules, that 

 Entomologists have no right to separate themselves from other naturalists, 

 and make a special Code for their own sole guidance. To this I would 

 reply, why not ? If it is found impossible to enact a series of Rules that 

 will meet the requirements of the several branches of Natural Science, and 

 the experience of thirty years shows that the thing is impracticable, why 

 should not each branch adopt Rules to suit its own case? If Botany 

 may be excluded from the operations of a Code, why not Entomology ? 

 It is very certain that in other branches than Entomology there is wide- 

 spread dissatisfaction, and I believe an effort for reform in any direction 

 will be met by general approval. At all events, as the dissatisfaction felt 

 on this side the Atlantic has found expression, and a set of Rules is to be 

 prepared as aforesaid, by a Committee of experienced Entomologists, it 

 may be left to them to estimate the force of this and any other objection, 

 and to report accordingly. 



But Entomology is peculiar in one respect, and if there were no other 

 reason, this alone would make it imperative that its votaries should resist 

 strenuously unnecessary changes in Nomenclature, even if, by so doing, 

 they should separate themselves from other naturalists. This is the only 

 branch of Natural History that is becoming thoroughly popular through 

 organized effort. Not to speak of Europe, the Governments of the United 

 States, and many of the individual States, and Canada, employ professional 

 Entomologists, who make frequent Reports that are printed by authority, 

 and widely disseminated with the view of rendering the people intelligently 

 acquainted with their native insects. Several Magazines have been pub- 

 lished, which are exclusively devoted to the same subject,and the numerous 

 agricultural weeklies or monthlies set apart a portion of their space for En- 

 tomology. Professedly, the object is to give information upon insects injuri- 

 ous to vegetation, but that includes, in one relation or other, every 

 insect. The expensive treatise of Dr. Harris was published by the State 

 of Massachusetts, and is everywhere a received authority. Packard's 



