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in Thysanosoma because the transfer had been made prior to the 

 suppression. 



The principle of the Rule of Homonyms is that any properly pub- 

 lished identical name of later date is '' stillborn and cannot be brought 

 to life." 



Opinion prepared by Stiles. 



Opinion concurred in by 12 Commissioners: Apstein, Bather, 

 Hartert, Horvath, Hoyle, D. S. Jordan, K. Jordan, Kolbe, Loenn- 

 berg. Skinner, Stejneger, and Stiles. 



Opinion dissented from by one Commissioner : Handlirsch. 



Not voting, two Commissioners: Dautzenberg and Monticelli, 



Commissioner K. Jordan says : " This is the current interpretation of the 

 above Rule. My vote is not a vote on the merits of that Rule." 



Commissioner Hartert states that he concurs: i. e., that Acanthiza pyrrho- 

 pygia 1848 is stillborn, because there is already an A. p. of 1827. 



Commissioner Bather states : " I think it would be as well to state that 

 Gould in 1842 (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842, p. 135) founded the new genus Hylacola 

 with Acanthiza pyrrhopygia Vig. & Horsf. as genotype. 



" Mr. Campbell raises a point that is really not quite clear in Article 35 of 

 the Code. To cover it the wording should be emended by the addition after 

 the words " of the same genus " of " or at any previous time published as 

 belonging to the same genus." I am not sure whether one ought to include all 

 previous transferences of a species to other genera ; that opens up rather a 

 terrifying vista. If not, then the word "published" should be qualified by 

 "originally." 



" I think, when cases of this kind arise, that the Commission should prepare 

 an amendment to the rules, instead of leaving zoologists to struggle with a mass 

 of " Opinions." Or, at least, the opinion should state the broad principle, and 

 the special case should be introduced only as an illustration of it. 



" Consequently, I suggest that the second sentence of the Summary as now 

 phrased should be put first, and that instead of " the identical name of " it 

 should read " any identical name of later date is." 



" Could you not put this to the Commission? " 



Note by Secretary: Commissioner Bather's suggested change is an editorial 

 matter and has been complied with. 



