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5. J. M. Aldrich, Canad. Ent. xl. 370-373. Oct. 1908. 



Compares resurrecting the 1800 paper to finding some old grant to 

 Indian lands. Every possible objection should be made before accep- 

 ing them; a flawless case must be made out and the identification of 

 the older genera is full of flaws. "Let justice be done" exclaims 

 Hendel. To whom? Certainly not to Meigen by accepting this 

 paper. 



6. J. M. Aldrich, Canad. Ent. xl. 432, Nov. 1908. 



Quotes from Bezzi's paper (number 4, above) in the Wiener entomo- 

 logische Zeitung. Hendel (number 9, below) says that the quotation 

 is mis-applied. 



7. D. W. Coquillett, Canad. Ent. xl. 457, Dec. 1908. 



Pleads for the adoption of the early names, citing rules from the code 

 to cover his argument. Does not believe in obstructing the progress 

 of nomenclature by discrediting Hendel's find. 



8. P. H. Verrall, British Flies, v. 772, 1909. 



Meigen's 1800 genera are not legally established. Does not conciu' 

 with Coquillett's "aggravated" pleading (no. 7). 



9. F. Hendel, Wiener entom. Zeit. xxviii. 33-36, Feb. 1909. 



Discusses the comments in numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Stability of 

 nomenclature can be had only by a strict adherence to the law of 

 priority. Since Meigen described only genera, but gave the number 

 of species that he knew, and in the preface designated his work as a 

 prodromus of a later work designed to contain only the genera, he can 

 not be said to have carelessly neglected the principles of binary nomen- 

 clature. Hendel states that 39 of the Brachycera genera can be imme- 

 diately recognized from the descriptions alone. The future alone can 

 tell whether the majority of dipterists will decide for continuity or 

 for priority. 



10. T. D. A. Cockerell, Science, xxix. 339, Feb. 26, 1909. 



Calls for a postal vote of opinions about genera without species. "A 

 genus without species has no type, no content, and apparently has no 

 place in our systems of classification." 



11. J. M. Aldrich, Canad. Ent. xli. 103, March, 1909. 



In a review of Verrall's British Flies, Aldrich quotes the discovery 

 of certain Chicago historians that the annulment of one of the marriages 

 of King Henry VIII. was invalid, and that, consequently, King Edward 

 VII. is not King of England. This discovery is on a par with the 

 reasoning that Meigen's earliest genera should claim priority. 



12. T. D. A. Cockerell, Science, xxix. 813, May 21, 1909. 



The result of the postal vote (number 10) shows the majority of voters 

 not in favor of resurrecting the names of speciesless genera. 



13. A. A. GirauL, Science, xxix. 814, May 21, 1909. 



A genus described without a species is non-existent. Its name has no 

 status until some definite type species has been designated. 



14. J. A. Allen, Science, xxix. 935, June 11, 1909. 



"Prior to 1810 hundreds of genera now in current use were proposed 

 solely on the basis of a diagnosis; although they were accepted and 



