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Society of London, and whether it would not be possible for 

 Dr. Jordan to bring forward a definite proposal on behalf of 

 the Committee in order to save time. 



G. T. Bethune-Baker said that the proposal of the Ento- 

 mological Society of London did not conflict with the Zoological 

 Commission on Nomenclature, as it did not propose to make laws, 

 but only to lay its views before the Commission and to assist 

 it in every way possible. 



K. Jordan, in replying to G. Wheeler and others, said that 

 the creation of national committees was not feasible if there 

 was no central body which took the organisation of these Com- 

 mittees in hand ; but that this was merely a difference in pro- 

 ceedure. The Executive Committee would lay a report on the 

 matter before the General Meeting if Dr. Howard's amend- 

 ment should be adopted. 



The amendment was then read by the Secretary in English, 

 German, and French, and carried unanimously. 



The meeting then rose. 



The following letter was handed to the Secretary after the 

 meeting : 



Merton Hall, Thetford. 



[After June 2ist, 1912.) 



Dear Dr. Shipley, 



The Vice-Chancellor informs me that you are appointed 

 a Delegate from the University to the coming Entomological 

 Congress at Oxford. I was sorry to be obliged to decline a 

 similar mission, but am consoled by the belief that we may count 

 upon you to support any sound proposition. The questions 

 connected with Zoological Nomenclature especially demand 

 attention, and I am anxious to enhst your support for such 

 measures as may tend to secure precision and finality and to 

 prevent the system of classical nomenclature from falling into 

 disrepute. 



You may possibly have seen the paper by E. Meyrick "On 

 some impossible Specific Names in Micro-Lepidoptera " [Ento- 

 mologists' Monthly Magazine, vol. xlviii.), which I enclose, to- 

 gether with some comments of my own upon it in the same 

 publication, which I find are in accordance with the views ex. 



