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by resolution of the Society, they added Mr. L. B. Prout to 

 their number after their first meeting. 



"Your Committee probably thus i-epresented almost every 

 form of divergent opinion on the subject of nomenclature, 

 but nevertheless arrived at a unanimous report which they 

 recommend to the Society for presentation to the International 

 Congi'ess. 



" It will be evident that if these recommendations are 

 adopted by the Society, and the suggestions of the Society 

 by the International Congress, an opportunity will be afforded 

 for putting before the International Committee the different 

 views on matters of detail held by the members of your 

 Committee, or by any other Entomologists. 



" The Report, which is signed by every member of the 

 Committee, is as follows : — 



" The present independent and irresponsible methods of giv- 

 ing and adopting names having resulted in much unnecessary 

 synonymy, and even graver abuses, the Entomological Society 

 of London feels that the time has arrived when some check 

 should be placed upon the practice, of more weight than that 

 which can be exercised by any single individual, society, or 

 publication, and would urge upon the International Congress 

 the establishment of a permanent International Committee to 

 deal with questions of nomenclature as affecting Entomology ; 

 to consider what elucidations, extensions or emendations, if 

 any, are required in the International Code, and to confer 

 with the International Commission of Zoological Nomencla- 

 ture. The Entomological Society of London recommends that 

 the International Entomological Committee, when formed, shall 

 take such action as to ensure the adequate representation of 

 Entomology on the International Zoological Commission. 

 The Society also recommends that, considering the difficulty 

 of frequent International meetings, the leading Entomological 

 Society of each country be invited to appoint a Committee 

 whose duty it shall be to deal with all questions arising in 

 their own counti-y, subject to reference to the International 

 Committee ; and suggests that the International Committee 

 be composed of two, or three, members of each of the National 



