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almost universal demand for something of the sort to hold the 

 membership together. In response to question from Mr. Ham- 

 mar, the Chair stated that it was provided that the Executive 

 Committee should elect the Board of Editors, and Dr. Smith 

 remarked that they need not be members of the Committee, nor 

 necessarily Fellows of the Society. 



The motion to adopt the resolution on publication embodied 

 in the report of the Executive Committee was then passed. 



The Secretary announced the death of E. H. Davis, of Hono- 

 lulu, a charter member of this Society. 



Dr. Femald moved: 



1. That the Entomological Society of America hereby 

 endorses the Code of Nomenclature adopted by the International 

 Zoological Congress as the Code which should be used by the 

 members of the Society so far as it can be applied. 



2. That cases not covered by this Code, which may be pre- 

 sented to the Society for consideration, be referred to a Standing 

 Committee on Nomenclature to consist of three members, one 

 member of which shall be elected each year for a term of three 

 years, and the opinions of this committee on cases referred to 

 them, shall be reported to the Society at the first annual meeting 

 subsequent to their reference to the Committee. 



Seconded by Dr. Smith. 



Dr. Fernald stated that we could either individually or as a 

 body present such questions to the Zoological Congress. 



Mr. Bradley moved to amend by dropping the second clause, 

 "because," he said, "Entomology should not be treated as dis- 

 tinct from Zoology in general, and because the commission on 

 Nomenclature of the Zoological Congress is the sufficient and 

 proper body before which to bring such questions for decision." 



Prof. Fernald stated that the reports of the Commission on 

 Nomenclature of the International Congress were greatly delayed 

 by the fact that the congress met only once in three years and by 

 the rule that a question must be presented at least a year before 

 the meeting at which it is to be considered. It was not the inten- 

 tion of the motion that the Committee should act in opposition to 

 or independently of the Commission on Nomenclature, but that 

 it should be instrumental in voicing the needs of entomology 

 before that body, which should be the final court of reference. 



With that explanation the amendment was withdrawn. 

 Resolution passed. 



