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zwar in den Fall, wo sich auf monospore Art ohne Rest neue Sporen 

 aus jungen Keimen entwickeln. Meine bald erscheinende Arbeit wird 

 auch über diesen Punkt alles Nähere bringen und zeigen, daß sich die 

 damals für Myxidiiim bergense und teilweise auch für Zschohkelln hildae 

 beschriebenen Erscheinungen bei ganz geringen Änderungen in der 

 Auffassung ganz vorzüglich in den Rahmen des nun gewonnenen Bildes 

 über die Sporulation dieser Parasiten einfügen lassen. 



II. Mitteihmgen aus Museen, Instituten usw. 



1. The Law of Priority. 



The Zoology Organisation Committee of the British Association 

 has recently invited British Zoologists to give their opinions on the que- 

 stion of the strict application of the Law of Priority as regards Zoolo- 

 gical nomenclature. 



One hundred and twelve (112) voting papers have been returned to 

 the Secretary and it was found that twenty six (26) zoologists had voted 

 in favour of the strict application of the Law of Priority and eighty six 

 (86) against it. 



Of the twenty six who voted in favour of the Law, three (Durrant, 

 Hampson and Lord Walsingham) object to the retention of certain 

 generic names that they regard as invalid and two (Gahan and Steb- 

 bing) consider that the Law of Priority requires amendment. 



Of the eighty six who voted against the Law, four (E. Austen, 

 Borradaile, Marshall and Sharp) made verbal alterations in the 

 drafting of the voting paper. 



The following zoologists have voted in the sense indicated. 



The undersigned British Zoologists are of opinion that the Law 

 of Priority as regards Zoological nomenclature should be strictly applied 

 in all cases. 



K. G. Blair, F. J. Bridgman, Charles Chubb, J. H. Durrant, 

 C. J. Gahan, J. F. Gemmili, G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, Sir G. 

 F. Hampson, W. F. Kirby, E. W. Mac Bride, W. C. Mc Intosh. 

 R. B. Newton, H. B. Preston, L. B. Prout, N. D. Riley, C. C. 

 Robson, W. D. Roebuck, Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild, H. O. N. Shaw, E. A. Smith, T. R, R. Steb- 

 bing, J. W. Taylor, Lord Walsingham, H. T. Watkins, R. C. 

 Wroughton. 



The undersigned British Zoologists protest against the strict appli- 

 cation of the Law of Priority in all cases, and desire that the Inter- 



