NO. 2 OPINIONS 78 TO 81 3I 



2. Ciniex Linn., 1758, type C. Icctularius, is hereby placed in 

 the Official List of generic names. 



Commissioner Stejneger presents the following dissenting con- 

 clusion which is presented for vote as alternative Opinion : 



I am therefore constrained to maintain that my original conclu- 

 sions were correct as formulated in my first vote to the effect : 



(i) That lectnlarius Linn., 1758, is the type of Chncx; (2) that 

 Klinophilus of Kirkaldy, 1899, is a synonym of Cimcx with the same 

 type J (3) that Acanthia of Fabricius, 1775, has for type Cimcx 

 littoralis; (4) that CUnocoris of Fallen, 1829. is a synonym of 

 Acanthia with the same type. 



Opinion ^ written by Stiles. 



Opinion as written by Stiles concurred in by ten Commissioners: 

 Allen, Handlirsch, Hartert, Horvath, Hoyle, Jordan (D. S.). Kolbe, 

 Monticelli, Skinner, Stiles. 



Opinion as modified by Stejneger (but accepting Icctularius as 

 type of Cimcx) concurred in by one (or two?) Commissioners: 

 Stejneger, PBather. 



Opinion dissented from by one Commissioner: Jordan (K.). 



Not voting on opinion as now written (see, however, footnote, 

 p. 31) five Commissioners: Apstein (accepts lectularius as type of 

 Cimcx), R. Blanchard (deceased; prior to death he accepted Icctu- 

 larius as type of Cimcx) Dautzenberg (accepts Icctularius as type 

 of Cimcx), Roule, Simon. 



The essential point is that 14 Commisioners have concurred in 

 accepting Icctularius as type of Cimex as against one Commissioner 

 who dissents from this view. 



Bather adds : " I do not accept Stiles' argument, p. 26, C. I am 

 doubtful as to the validity of all of Stejneger's remarks, p. 28, C. I 

 incline to think that this is a case in which one should frankly give 

 up argument and decide either on ground of practical convenience 

 or by drawing lots. From first to last an amount of time must have 

 been wasted on this bed-bug enough to decide the fate of six alleged 

 murderers. Is it worth while? " 



Handlirsch adds : " Wenn Cimcx in dem Sinne ' Icctularius' beibc- 

 halten wird und Salda fiir littoralis etc., so fallt endlich der Name 



^The Opinion as written in Circular Letter No. 2)(> was: 



Concurred in by 14 Commissioners: Allen, Apstein, Bather, Blanchard, 



Dautzenl)ers, Handlirsch, Hartert, Horvath (part), Hoyle, Jordan (D. S.), 



Monticelli, Skinner, Stejneger (part), Stiles. 



Dissented from (in part) by 2 Commissioners: Horvath, Stejneger. Not 



voting, 4 Commissioners: Jordan (K), Kolbe, Roule, Simon. 



