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2nd, the following" names receive a two-thirds majority or more in 

 favor of suspension: Ccrcopithecus, Gazella, Hippotragus, Lagidium, 

 Nyctcris, and Manatus. Accordingly, persuant to the Plenary Power 

 provisions (see Proceedings 9th International Zoological Congress, 

 Monaco (1913) 1914, pp. 890-891, §114; reprinted also p. 40, Opin- 

 ion 76) it becomes incumbent upon the Secretary to report these six 

 names for final action to the section on nomenclature of the next 

 international zoological congress. 



§114 reads as follows: 



Resolved, That in the event that a case reaches the Congress, as hereinbefore 

 described, with two-thirds majority of the Commission in favor of suspension, 

 but without unanimous report, it shall be the duty of the President of the 

 section on nomenclature to select a special board of 3 members, consisting of 

 one member of. the Commission who voted on each side of the question and 

 one ex-member of the Commission who has not expressed any public opinion 

 on the case ; and this special board shall review the evidence presented to it, 

 and its report, either majority or unanimous, shall be final and without appeal, 

 so far as the Congress is concerned. 



3d, the following ten names fail to receive a two-thirds vote in 

 favor of suspension and therefore it becomes incumbent upon the 

 Secretary to report that suspension is not authorized for them 

 and that the Rules are to be applied to them: Echidna, Anthropo- 

 pithecus, Coelogenys, Chiromys, Dasypus, Dicotylcs, Galeopithccus, 

 Hapale, Rhytina, and Simia. 



In order that zoologists interested in these cases may know the 

 exact status of the votes, these are appended in tabular form. + signi- 

 fies favorable to suspension, o unfavorable to suspension, and ? not 

 voting. 



Report prepared by Secretary. 



Note by Secretary : During the final proof-reading of this Opinion, 

 based on the report by Commissioner Allen, additional data have 

 been obtained by the Secretary which persuade him that it is by 

 no means clear, under the Rules, that (i) Ccrcopithecus should be 

 transferred to the Tarmarin Marmosets, or that (15) Simia should 

 be transferred to the Barbary Ape. The premises appear to be in- 

 complete and the cases require careful restudy before these changes 

 are adopted. 



