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three known copies having escaped suppression. Some German 

 writers liad accepted this paper, which would, if the example 

 were followed, necessitate remembering a double set of names. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye thought that Entomologists owed a certain 

 amount of gratitude to Mr. Kearfott and Mr. Kirkaldy, 

 because but for their redudio ad ahsurdum nothing definite 

 would ever have been done in the matter. He was of opinion 

 that an International Committee would be unworkable, and 

 considered that a British Committee would be sufficient, 

 leaving other nations to form their own. 



The Peesident, Mr. Bethune-Baker and Mi\ Durrant 

 pointed out, from dilferent points of view, that no arrange- 

 ment which was not international would have any chance of 

 permanence. Mr. Durrant also remarked with regard to 

 Meigen's paper on Diptera, that it was really unintelligible, 

 except in the light of his later writings, no species having 

 been mentioned in his genera, and on that account, if on no 

 other, it ought not to have been accepted. 



Mr. A. SiCH, reverting to Mr. Kaye's proposal, suggested 

 the possibility of an International Committee, with National 

 sub-committees, who should deal with questions arising in 

 their own countxy. 



Mr. A. E. Cockayne pointed out a difficulty as to what 

 could be done when a native of one country discovered and 

 named a new species in another country. Which sub- 

 committee should exercise control % 



Mr. W. E. Sharp propounded a further difficulty, viz. that 

 the validity of a name might involve the validity of a species, 

 and asked Mr. Wheeler or Mr. Turner to explain how it was 

 proposed to c(eal with this much wider question. 



The Rev. G. Wheeler replied that he would not propose to 

 deal with it at all ; that such a Committee as he advocated 

 would deal with nomenclature pure and simple, leaving the 

 responsibility for the validity of the species with the specialists 

 as at present. He added that if Mr. Sich's suggestion were 

 adopted, Mr. Cockayne's difficulty could easily be met by a 

 hard and fast rule, in whichever direction the International 

 Committee thought well. 



Mr. n. J. Turner said that it would be wiser, at first at 



