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sicler these cases because of the incomplete preparation of the evi- 

 dence. 



(2) It has, however, been the custom of the Commission to aid 

 former Appellants by adding data not submitted by them, and in view 

 of the fact that these names are the first to come up for consideration 

 under the Plenary Power Resolutions, it would appear questionable 

 whether the Commission should suddenly become more strict as to 

 completeness of presentation. Accordingly, the Secretary has felt 

 it better policy to add data that will enable the Commission to show 

 every possible consideration to the Appellants. 



Nevertheless, in view of the great amount of work involved, the 

 Secretary recommends that the Commission take this occasion to 

 establish for the future the policy involved in the following reso- 

 lutions : 



Resolved, That the Secretary is hereby authorized and instructed to insist 

 that cases presented to the Commission for consideration shall be accompanied 

 by reasonably complete data to enable a fair consideration of the nomencla- 

 torial points at issue, and 



Resolved, That in order to give opportunity to submit complete evidence, the 

 Secretary is hereby authorized and instructed to return to Appellants cases not 

 stated with a reasonable degree of completeness. 



Result of vote. — Resolution concurred in by 12 Commissioners: 

 x\llen, Bather, Blanchard, Handlirsch, Hartert, Hoyle, Jordan (D. 

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



Not voting, 6 Commissioners : Apstein, Dautzenberg, Horvath, 

 Kolbe, Roiile, Simon. 



Nomcnclatorial viczvs of wrilers on Tunicata. — During a study of 

 the cases under consideration, the Secretary has had another oppor- 

 tunity to gain an insight into some of the nomcnclatorial customs 

 of writers on ttmicates, and thus to see the origin of at least some of 

 the difficulties presented. 



The chief nomcnclatorial difficulties in this group appear to be 

 referable to certain fundamental factors : 



(i) In general, authors on the tunicates appear to take no ac- 

 coimt of the principle of type species for genera. As a consequence, 

 confusion results. The impression gained from the literature is that 

 the authors have been working on the basis only of a morphological 

 norm and without reference to a nomcnclatorial type. In the judg- 

 ment of the Secretary, the present nomenclatorial confusion in this 

 group is likely to continue until some author gives himself the trouble 

 to examine systematically the entire literature of the group and to 

 determine, according to Article 30 of the Rules, the correct nomen- 



