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TUESDAY, August 5TH, 2 p.m. 



SECTION L— NOMENCLATURE. 



President: E. B. Poulton. 

 Vice-President : K. Kertesz. 

 Secretary: K. Jordan. 



The President, on opening the meeting, said that nomencla- 

 ture was a subject on which many entomologists felt strongly. 

 Opinions difíered frequently very widely, and the Congress was 

 a good opportunity for discussing points of disagreement. He 

 had every hope that the discussion would be most fruitful. 



The first paper before the meeting was a Resolution read on 

 behalf of the Entomological Society of London by Mr. G. T. 

 Bethuxe-Baker (cf. Vol. II., p. 93). 



The speaker pointed out the difftculties which had arisen 

 through the impossible names suggested by Kearfott, and the 

 ridiculous and unseemly names proposed by Kirkaldy, and gave 

 numerous arguments in support of the resolution. As to the 

 International Committee, he suggested that the International 

 Committee be composed of two or three members of each of the 

 National Committees, elected either by the Committees or 

 directly by the electing Societies. 



As the second paper announced for this meeting had a close 

 bearing on the foregoing Resolution, the President asked the 

 Rev. G. Wheeler to read his paper before the meeting entered 

 upon a discussion of the Resolution. 



Rev. G. Wheeler : 



Suggestions for Securing Simplification and Permaxfxí v 

 IN Nomenclature. 



Impossibihty of applying the rule of strict priority illustrated 

 by Schrank' s choice of V. antiopa as type of genus Papilio. 

 Priority as a general principle should be upheld in contradistinc- 



