34 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. "JT^ 



OPINION 90 



Report on Sixteen Generic Names of Mammals for Which 

 Suspension of Rules Was Requested 



SUMMARY. — None of the sixteen names receives a unanimous vote for sus- 

 pension; accordingly, the Commission is not empowered to suspend the Rules 

 for these cases. Six names (namely: Ccrcopithecus, GazcUa, Hippo tragus, 

 Lagiditim, Nycteris, and Manatus) receive two-thirds majority or more for 

 suspension, and are, therefore, to be referred for final decision to a special 

 committee of three to be appointed by the President of the section on 

 nomenclature of the next international congress. Ten names (namely: Echidna, 

 Anthropopithccus, Coclogcnys, Chiro)nys, Dasyptis, Dicioiylcs, Galeopithecus, 

 Hapalc, Khyfiua. and Siiiia) fail to receive a two-thirds majority vote for sus- 

 pension, and therefore the Law of Priority is to be applied in these cases. 



Statement of case.- — Suspension of the rules by exercise of the 

 Plenary Power, accorded to the Commission by the International 

 Zoological Congress held at Monaco, was requested by seven special- 

 ists in mammalogy (namely: Knud Anderson, Angel Cabrera, Einar 

 Loennberg, R. Lydekker, Paul Matschie, Oldfield Thomas, and L. L. 

 Trouessart) for the following generic names: 



1. Ccrcopithecus Briinnich, 1772, 34. 



2. Gasella Blainville. 1816, 75. 



3. Hippotragus Sundevall, 1846 (for 1844), 916. 



4. Lagidium Meyen, 1833, 576. 



5. Nycteris Cuv. & Geof., 1795, 186, or Geoffrey, 1803, 64. 



6. Echidna G. Cuvier, 1798, 143 (nee Echidna Forster, 1777, 181 ; or 1778, 31 ; 



or 1788,81). 



7. Anthropopithccus Blainville, 1838, 360. 



8. Coelogenys. Emended and commonly used form of Coclogcnus F. Cuvier, 



1807, 203; Coelogenys Illiger, 1811, 92. 



9. Chiromys. Emended and commonly used form of Chciromys G. Cuvier, 



1800, Tabl. I (not Chieroniys as stated by Palmer), Chiromys Illiger, 



1811, 75- 



10. Dasypus Linn., 1758a, 50. 



11. Dicotyles G. Cuvier, 1817, 237. 



12. Galeopithecus Pallas, 1780, 208. 



13. Hapale Illiger, 181 1, 71. 



14. Rhytina emended form of Rytina Illiger, 181 1, 141. Rhvtina Gloger, 1841. 



165. 



15. Siniia Linn., 1758a, 25. 



16. Manatus Briinnich, 1772, 34, 38. 



The cases in question were published in Science^ n. s., v. 40, 

 pp. 66-67, J"'y 10' 1914; Bull. Soc. Zoo!. France, v. 39, 247-250. 

 July 25, 1914; Monitorc Zool. Ital., anno 25, 174-179; and in 



