770 Dr. Th. Mortensen on the 



hicuneata was collected at flowers of Cassia, Dec. 1899 

 (Turner, 13 a). 



Crocisa subramosa, sp. n. 



Crocisa sp. between takamiis and ramosa, Ckll. Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., April 1911, p. .SI 1. 



$ . — Length about 10 mm. 



Stature aud appearance of C. ramosa from France^ but 

 abdominal bands broader, the marks at sides of apical part 

 of first segment pointed mesad, the hind edge diverging 

 from the hind margin at an angle of 45° ; lateral marks on 

 second segment more curved upwards ; tegulse black. 

 Wings very dark; marginal cell longer than in C. ramosa; 

 other characters given at the place cited. 



Hab. Foochow^ China {H. R. Caldwell). U.S. National 

 Museum. 



Crocisa surda, sp. n. 



Crocisa sp. near kansJiireana. Ckll. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., April 

 1911, p. 313. 



$ . — Length 13-14 mm. 



Characters as given in the place cited, but it is to be noted 

 that the type has the inner edges of the hind margin of 

 scutellum slightly flexuous, the character being evidently a 

 variable one. Hair of abdomen very dull pale blue, with 

 the basal band of first segment rather widely interrupted 

 (though the interruption is less than half the distance be- 

 tween the posterior points of scutellum), but the apical band 

 slightly interrupted ; the pleura is light-haired, with a dark 

 patch above, and a very large one lower down, entering the 

 anterior margin ; the wings are very dark, with the usual 

 pale spots. 



Hub. Foochow, China [H. R. Caldwell). U.S. National 

 Museum. 



XC. — A Vote against the Strict Application of the Priority 

 Rule in Zoological Nomenclature. {With an Introduction 

 by Dr. Th. Mortensen.) 



In the ' Zoologischer Anzeiger/ Bd. xxxvi. no. 24, Nov. 22, 

 1910, and in the ^Annals ' for December 1910, is published 

 a note from the International Commission on Zoological 

 Nomenclature inviting all zoologists to send to the Secretary 

 of the Commission a list of 100 zoological names which tbev 



