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I am generally opposed to the Suspension of the Rules, but unlike the other 

 foraminifera genera which have been superseded recently, Lepidocyclina and 

 Niimmulites have been much used in general geological literature and a change 

 to the older genera would certainly lead to much confusion which it is desirable 

 to avoid. 



Robert A. Keble, F. G. S. Paleontologist : 



I am in thorough agreement with the retention of Niimmulites and Lepi- 

 docyclina. By doing so the literature becomes intelligible at a glance and un- 

 confused by the rules of nomenclature. Expressed in terms of time saved, such 

 [word omitted] has a true economic value; confusion and uncertainty must 

 obviously accompany a reversion to the strict order of priority. 



There remains, then, the question of sentiment. Bruguiere and Ehrenberg, the 

 aggrieved authorities, have long passed away, but there is no question of 

 depriving them of their priority. These unselfish pioneers would not have con- 

 doned for a moment the waste of time and confusion that would ensue in 

 establishing their presumed right of priority. 



Miss Irene Crespin, Paleontologist : 



As far as the two genera, Nunimulites and Lepidocyclina, are concerned, I 

 would emphatically support the retention of these names by a suspension of the 

 Rules. 



A. C. Collins, student of the Victorian Tertiary Foraminifera: 



I should like to express my personal opinion that the generic names 

 Lepidocyclina Giimbel and Nmnnmlites Lamarck should be retained in preference 

 to earlier names. As these names are so widely used in stratigraphic references, 

 their alteration would, I think, create confusion amongst nonspecialists in the 

 group, and I see no useful purpose to be served [in these cases] by the rigid 

 application of the rules of nomenclature. 



Frederick A. Singleton, M. Sc. : 



My formal opinion concerning Nnmmulites and Lepidocyclina is that both 

 should be placed on the official list of nomina conservanda, and it is impossible 

 to reject one and not the other, Cyclosiphon having stronger claims than 

 Camerina. 



The case was submitted to the Commission for informal ballot. 

 The resulting vote stood six (6) for Suspension, four (4) for enforce- 

 ment of the Rules. 



With his informal [affirmative] vote Commissioner Bather trans- 

 mits the note : 



Professor A. Morley Davies, Mr. Heron-Allen, Dr. H. Dighton Thomas, and 

 Mr. A. Wrigley advocate the suspension of the Rules in favor of Lepidocyclina. 

 Mr. C. P. Chatwin, on the contrary side, writes : " The question is : do we know 

 what Ehrenberg meant by ' =^ Niinwiitlites manlelli'? In my opinion we do." 

 In my opinion, from the evidence of Vaughan and Cushman, we do not. That 

 is just the point in dispute. I may remark that C. D. Sherborn, 1803, " Index 



