W ( cii ) 



generally atypical and tliat the central one was rommonly 

 the typical species. No exact law as we understand laws 

 was followed by early writers and many ranged their species 

 alphabetically, and moreover in such cases examples cited 

 were not dis])layed for generic characters, but on account 

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

 the first-species rule lias never been absolutely accepted, 

 though seventy years ago it was a custom when other iiicthoih 

 failed of accej)ting the first species arhitraiib/ 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 tlie results to be achieved by 

 the continuance of such acceptance. 



The Kesolution was then put to the meeting and carried 

 unanimously. 



