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generally atypical and that the central one was commonly 

 the typical species. No exact law as we imderstand laws 

 was followed by early writers and many ranged their species 

 alphabetically, and moreover in siicli cases examples cited 

 were not displayed for generic characters, but on account 

 of their beauty, size, or similar object. As regards conchology, 

 the first-species rule has never been absolutely accepted, 

 though seventy years ago it was a custom when other methods 

 failed of accepting the first species arbitrarily as type. At the 

 present time certainly no systematic worker in either group 

 transgresses the Laws of the International Congresses as 

 regards type selection, nor is there any reason to suspect 

 any difference of opinion as to the results to be achieved by 

 the continuance of such acceptance. 



The Resolution was then put to the meeting and carried 

 unanimously. 



