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and Dr. Karu Jorpan as the Delegates of the Society to the 
9th International Congress of Zoology. 
He also read a letter from Lord Walsingham stating that 
he had given notice of a proposition to be made at the Congress 
that the present International Committee on Entomological 
Nomenclature shall be constituted a Commission with equal 
powers to those of the Commission on Zoological Nomen- 
clature, and asking whether he might say that he was confident 
that he was expressing the wishes of the Entomological 
Society of London in making this proposal. 
The Hon. W. RoruscuiLp pointed out that this would 
somewhat clash with the instructions given by the Congress 
of Entomology to the International Committee to take steps 
that Entomology should be adequately represented on the 
existing Zoological Commission, these instructions having 
been originally suggested by the Entomological Society. He 
added that Entomologists far exceeded in number any other 
branch of Zoologists and that the forms of animal life they 
dealt with far outnumbered all others, so that to be adequately 
represented their voice must preponderate. 
Dr. JorDAN observed that there was no possibility of Lord 
Walsingham’s proposal being carried, but that it might be 
useful in helping forward the claims of Entomologists. He 
explained that by the present rules of the Zoological Congress 
only three members of the Committee retired, so that three 
was the largest number of Entomologists that could be put 
on to the Committee this year, the Congress having no power 
to alter its rules, but only to recommend alterations to the 
next Congress. 
After some discussion Mr. L. B. Prout proposed and the 
Hon. W. Roruscuitp seconded a Resolution “that the 
Entomological Society does not see its way to officially 
endorsing Lord Walsingham’s proposal.” 
Mr. J. E. Cotirn proposed to add as a rider “ but hopes 
that as many Entomologists as possible will be placed on the 
existing Commission.” 
Mr. J. H. Durrant proposed as an amendment “ that the 
Entomological Society prefers that Lord Walsingham should 
bring forward his proposal as his own personal motion.”’ 
