NO. I OPINIONS 68 TO 'J'J 33 



In order that definite action may be taken upon the general ques- 

 tion concerning this hst, the Secretary recommends that the Com- 

 mission adopt as its Opinion the following : 



(i) The Commission is not authorized, either under the Rules, 

 or under the Plenary Power, to adopt en bloc the list of names pre- 

 sented by Commissioner Apstein. 



(2) The Secretary is authorized and instructed to submit to the 

 Commission for adoption in the Official List of Generic Names, any 

 of the names in Apstein's (1915a) List for which he may be able to 

 find proper authority under the Rules. 



(3) The Commission invites Commissioner Apstein to submit full 

 data respecting any name in said list which he considers should be 

 adopted under the Plenary Power, said data to show that " a strict 

 application of the Rules will result in greater confusion than uni- 

 formity." 



(4) The Commission can, at least for the present, consider names 

 under the Plenary Power only as individual cases, each name to be 

 considered on its own merits. 



(5) The foregoing paragraph (4) is not, however, to be construed 

 as preventing the Commission from considering any given pubhca- 

 tion (article, book, or catalogue) as a whole, in which more than a 

 single- name is involved, all of which come under the same general 

 conditions. 



Opinion written by Stiles. 



Opinion concurred in by 10 Commissioners: Allen, Bather, Blan- 

 chard, Hartert, Horvath, Hoyle, Jordan (D. S.), Jordan (K.), Skin- 

 ner, Stiles. 



Opinion dissented from by i Commissioner: Handlirsch. 



Not voting, 7 Commissioners : Apstein, Dautzenberg, Kolbe, Monti- 

 celli, Roule, Simon, Stejneger. 



Commissioner Apstein makes the following statement, which is 

 concurred in by Commissioner Kolbe : 



Die Liste der Nomina Conservanda (1915) habe ich als Antrag 

 an die Intern. Nomenclatur Kommission fiir den nachsten Internat. 

 Zoologen Congress eingereicht. Dass sie nicht auf dem Prioritats- 

 gesetz strikt basiert, geht aus dem Antrage (Zool. Anz., v. 46, 31, 

 viii, 15) so wie aus der Einleitung zu der Liste hervor, liegt auch 

 schon in dem Titel " Nomina Conservanda." 



Die Liste bildet also ein Novum iiber das der nachste Internat. 

 Zoolog. Congress zu beschliessen haben wird. Wenn die Nomencla- 

 tur-Regeln Ausnahmen (suspensions!) nur zulasscn in dem Falle 

 der Verwirrung und bei Larven, so sind die Regeln eben viel zu eng 



