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(2) that such scientific work must be published sufficiently for 

 recognition, in some recognised scientific publication ; (3) tliat 

 the rules of priority shall not apply to inaccurately and in- 

 sufficiently described species and genera, and that in all de- 

 scriptions comparative distinctions should be given against 

 the allied species or genera, or else they should be considered 

 insufficiently described ; (4) something should be done to 

 prevent the giving of new names to species (which possibly 

 required a new name because of pre-occupation) in passing notes 

 in which no attempt is made to describe the new species or 

 genus, but simply a remark is made that such and such a name 

 has been pre-occupied, and the writer substitues such and such 

 a name in its place. I would like to see all such names " nomiiia 

 nuda " unless a description and comparative distinction be 

 associated ; (5) above all it is the duty of the new Century to 

 codify and condense the work of the past Century, so that new 

 work should be done with a full knowledge of the work which 

 has been done and with a due appreciation of it, and not with 

 the recklessness which has been exhibited of late in many 

 quarters, especially in my own Order of the Diptera. 



Gentlemen, I thank you for your attention to my remarks, 

 and I only wish that I could have given you an Address upon 

 the course of Entomology during the past year, upon all Orders 

 and upon all subjects connected with Entomology, such as the 

 late Professor Westwood would have done. 



