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" V NOMENCLATURE (pages 206, 207). 



" At the April meeting of the Entomological Society of London 

 a Committee was appointed to consider the question of Nomen- 

 clature, with a view to the coming International Congress. The 

 following Fellows were chosen to form the Committee, with power 

 to add to their number : — Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, Dr. T. A. 

 Chapman, Messrs J. H. Durrant, H. J. Turner, C. O. Waterhouse, 

 and Rev. G. Wheeler, Mr. L. B. Prout was afterwards co-opted. 

 The Committee, which probably represented every divergent form 

 of opinion on the subject, was nevertheless unanimous in drawing 

 up the following report, which was adopted as a resolution by the 

 Entomological Society of London at their Meeting on Wednesday, 

 June 5th, 191 2, for présentation to the International Congress of 

 Entomology in August. 



" The présent independent and irresponsible methods of giving 

 and adopting names having resulted in much unnecessary syno- 

 nymy, and even graver abuses, the Entomological Society of 

 London feels that the time has arrived when some check should 

 be placed upon the practice, of more weight than that which can 

 be exercised by any single individual, society, or publication, and 

 would urge upon the International Congress the establishment of 

 a permanent International Committee to deal with questions of 

 nomenclature as affecting Entomology; to consider what elucida- 

 tions, extensions or emendations, if any, are required in the Inter- 

 national Code, and to confer with the International Commission 

 of Zoological Nomenclature. The Entomological Society of 

 London recommends that the International Entomological Com- 

 mittee, when formed, shall take such action as to ensure the adé- 

 quate représentation of Entomology oiii the International Zoolo- 

 gical Commission. The Society also recommends that, considering 

 the diffîculty of fréquent International meetings, the leading 

 Entomological Society of each country be invited to appoint a 



