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different insects, as pointed out by Crampton, 1914, “On the 
Misuse of the Terms Parapteron, etc.’’-—Journal N. Y. Ent. 
Soc., Vol. 22) and in certain instances he applied his terms to 
wholly unnatural subdivisions of the integument (as is the case 
with the region which Audouin designates as the “postscutel- 
lum,’’ to which attention has been called by Snodgrass, 1909, 
“The Thoracic Tergum of Insects’’:—Ent. News, Mar. 1909). 
The same fault is present to a greater degree in all the earlier 
works upon this subject, which prevents taking any of them as 
the standard. 
(13). Consideration should be given to the usages employed 
in standard works of reference (text-books, glossaries, etc.) 
though unfortunately these authorities do not always agree 
among themselves, nor are they always logical. 
(14). Consideration should be also given to the conclusions 
of any investigator who has made a thorough study of the liter- 
ature, and of the homologies of the parts in various orders of 
insects, and has also presented an impartial resumé of all of the 
available evidence bearing upon the subject, provided that his 
conclusions are in accord with common sense and logical con- 
sistency—which, in the last analysis, must be the governing 
principles in the application of anatomical terminology. 
The opinion of any individual worker has but little weight, 
and if effective steps are to be taken toward bringing order out 
of the present chaos, it must be accomplished through the action 
of some committee vested with the proper authority to carry 
out whatever plans may be decided upon. I would therefore 
propose, as a final suggestion, that the Entomological Society 
of America appoint a committee of considerable permanence, 
which would take up this matter in detail, and which would be 
prepared to decide upon whatever points in anatomical termin- 
ology might be presented for its consideration. The con- 
clusions of such a committee, being authoritative, would doubt- 
less be readily accepted by entomologists in general. 
