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On the question of interpretation, it seems that the arguments 

 against " Echinos minutos " being a name, if not absolutely decisive, 

 are more numerous and more weighty. 



B. Expediency. 



1. In favor of adopting E. minutus, the argument is: 



a. That it has been used by Dr. H. L. Clark in his larger 

 Memoir on Hawaiian Echini (Mem. Mus. Harvard) and 

 in a British Museum Catalogue. 



2. Against E. minulus the argument is : 



a. The otherwise universal usage of zoologists since O. F. 

 Miiller, 1776. 



b. The other historical data submitted are irrelevant. 



Comment and Conclusion 



There is no room for doubt that, if the question is to be decided 

 on grounds of expediency by Suspension of the Rules, the vote should 

 go in favor of pusillus. I therefore beg to report in favor of the third 

 course recommended l)y the Secretary. 



Opinion prepared by Bather and Stiles. 



Opinion concurred in by fifteen (15) Commissioners: Apstein, 

 Bather, Chapman, Handlirsch, Hartert, Horvath, Ishikawa, Jordan 

 (D. S.), Jordan (K.), Kolbe, Loennberg, Stejneger, Stiles, Stone. 

 Warren. 



Opinion dissented from by no Commissioner. 



Not voting, two (2) Commissioners: Dabbene, Neveu-Lemaire. 



