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This interpretation is supported by an examination of Lamarck's 

 (i8i6b) Hist. Nat. des Anim. sans Verteb., in which he does not 

 even cite certain species mentioned in 1801. For instance, in 1801, 

 p. 293, he cites only P. i-uHpes tmder Pentatoma; if he had intended 

 this as type designation, he would, presumably, have cited this species 

 under Pentatoma in i8i6b, 492-494, but he does not do so; he stated 

 that Pentatoma contains a large nvmiber of species, of which he 

 cites three : acuminata, baccarinn and prasina. 



Opinion written by Stiles. 



Opinion concurred in by 14 Commissioners : Allen, Apstein, Bather, 

 Handhrsch, Hartert, Hoyle, Jordan (D. S.), Jordan (K.), Kolbe, 

 Loennberg, Monticelli, Skinner, Stejneger, and Stiles. 



Opinion dissented from by two Commissioners : Horvath, Daut- 

 zenberg. 



Not voting, two Commissioners : Roule, Simon. 



Dautzenberg says : " A I'epoque ou Lamarck a public son Systeme 

 des Animaux sans Vertebres, on n'attachait pas a la fixation des types 

 des genres I'importance ni la precision que nous lui attribuons 

 aujourd'hui. En designant pour chaque genre une espece connue, ac- 

 compagnee de references, * afin de se faire bien entendre,' Lamarck a 

 certainement voulu designer ce que nous appelons aujourd'hui des 

 types, aussi ne verrais-je aucun inconvenient en ce qui concerne les 

 mollusques, a adopter pour types les especes citees connue exemples 

 dans le Systeme des An. sans vert., car il ne s'agit, en somme que de 

 deux mots dififerents, mais qui ont exactement la meme signification." 



