l8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. y^i 



latter case it is usually the custom to cite the specific name only in 

 combination with the name of the genus for which it is quoted as an 

 example. 



On the basis of the foregoing premises the Secretary recommends 

 that the Commission confirm the report from the Entomological Com- 

 mission, and adopt as its opinion the following : 



The species cited by Westwood, 1840 (An Introduction to the 

 Modern Classification of Insects, vol. 2, Synopsis, separate pagination, 

 pages I to 158), as " Typical species " are to be accepted as definite 

 designations of genotypes for the respective genera. The question 

 whether any given species under consideration represents the valid 

 genotype or not is dependent upon two points : First, whether the 

 species was available as genotype, and second, whether this desig- 

 nation in 1840 is antedated by some other designation. 



Opinion written by Stiles. 



Opinion concurred in by 14 Commissioners : Allen, Bather, Blan- 

 chard, Dautzenberg, Handlirsch, Horvath, Hoyle, Jordan (D. S.), 

 Jordan (K.), Monticelli, Skinner, Stejneger, Stiles. 



Opinion dissented from by i Commissioner : Apstein. 



Not voting, 3 Commissioners : Kolbe, Roule, Simon. 



Apstein signs the concurrence in the Opinion but adds : Ich halte 

 es ausgeschlossen dass Westwood Type in unserem jetzigen Sinne 

 gemeint hat. Sind Typen bis jetzt bestimmt, so sollen sie nicht zu 

 Gunsten von Westwood geandert werden, wenn sie auch erst zwischen 

 1840-1916 bestimmt sind. [In the last line of the Opinion Apstein 

 inserts between the words " other " and " designation " the expression 

 " auch spateren (als 1840) " ; thus in reality he dissents from the 

 Opinion.— C. W. S.] 



