NO. 4 OPINIONS (ji TO 97 25 



Zusatste, BcriclUigungcii und Verbcsserungcn zu t-incni hraucliharcn S^'stcm 

 erhoben werden konneii. 



Weil ich mich nun bey diesen Zutragcn sowolil als bey ineiiicr Sammlung 

 exotischer Scbmettlinge einstweilen nacb mjinem Entwurfe zu ricbten babe, 

 bis ein treftlichcrcs System entstanden scyn wird, fo balte icb cs fiir unum- 

 ganglicli, denselbcii nacb seinem liauptsacblicbsten Inbalt bier eiiiigermassen 

 vei'bessert aufzustelleii. 



From the foregoing the conckision would seem justified that in 

 1806 Iliibner had no intention whatever of placing on record a 

 series of generic and specitic names in the sense of publication as 

 ordinarily understood by the zoological profession and if the names 

 in question are accepted as available under the Code, this must be 

 on the principle of holding a man responsible for something which 

 he obviously did not intend to do and in face of the precaution he 

 took to state that this document was for c.vaiiiination by experts, 

 namely specialists in Lepidoptcra [rather than as a permanent record] . 

 If this decision is made against Hiibner despite the precautionary 

 wording of the title a very broad question is 02:)ened up as to the 

 status of numerous documents printed and privately distributed with 

 such headings as " Printed as Manuscript " " Not for Citation," 

 etc. Cf. also Opinion 89. 



Granting that the word " publication '" is poorly defined and the fact 

 that the Tentamen was manifolded by printing, the point is still out-' 

 standing that Iliibner did not intend this document for general dis- 

 tribution as a permanent document but only in the light of correspon- 

 dence for resfricfed distribution to spceialists in Lepidoptcra. 



The Secretary concludes that the question whether this document 

 was actually " published " or not is subject to debate, but that Hiibner 

 himself clearly warned that it was not to be considered a permanent 

 document for general distribution. 



Hubner's use of terms " stirps," "coitus," and "genera". — 

 Hiibner (1806) divides the Lepidoptcra into Phalanx I Papilioncs to 

 Phalanx IX .Illicitae. The following subdivisions of Phalanx I show 

 the full details of his use of technical names in the Tentamen. 



Phalanx I. Papiliones 



Tribiis I: nyiiipluilcs 



I. Nereides — Nereis Polymnia. 

 II. Limnad^s— Limnas Cbrysippus. 



III. Lemoniades — -Lemonias Maturna. 



IV. Dryades — Dryas Papbia. 



V. Hamadryades — Hamadryas Jo. 

 VI. Najadec — Najas Popidi. 

 VII. Potamides — Potamis Iris. 

 VIII. Oreadcs — Orcas Proserpina. 



