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publication, would have been far more acceptable to the great body 

 of British entomologists. It was further resolved that the above 

 opinion be entered in the minutes, and a copy forwarded to you for 

 insertion in the 'Entomologist,' if convenient." — E. Anderson, 

 Sec. ; 10, Brownlow Street, Dalston, London, E., Aug. 21, 1884. 

 [It would have been much more satisfactory if the members 

 of the Haggerston Society had given their reasons for the objec- 

 tions they have raised in the above resolution, which might then 

 have been answered in detail. The following remarks, however, 

 may perhaps be worth their consideration : — It certainly is to be 

 regretted that in the new ' Entomologist ' List it was found 

 necessary to supersede some of the names to which many of us 

 had become accustomed, but the law of priority is inexorable, 

 and it is only by the acceptance and adoption of the earliest 

 names that we can insure a fixed and unchanged nomenclature. 

 Had a reprint of the Doubleday List, with all the recent 

 additions, been published, it could not have stood long, and 

 would soon have been rendered obsolete by general consent. 

 Many British entomologists have never accepted the Doubleday 

 List ; others who at first adopted it have long ceased to use it in 

 favour of that of Staudinger. There are others who, though 

 they have up to a recent period used Doubleday's List, are aware 

 that many of the names given therein are not the earliest, and 

 therefore by the law of priority legitimate, names. These have 

 only continued to use Doubleday because, previous to the publi- 

 cation of the 'Entomologist' List, no attempt had been made to 

 introduce a more uniform and at the same time stable nomencla- 

 ture. It was further found that the growing desire on the part of 

 many British entomologists to cast off their insular prejudices, and 

 to extend their studies to the whole European insect fauna, neces- 

 sitated the production of a list of Lepidoptera in which the names 

 would be equally understood on each side of the English Channel. 

 We have great pleasure in stating that we have received most com- 

 plimentary testimony as to the value and necessity of Mr. South's 

 .xeally very excellent work, from many of the leading lepidop- 

 terists of this country. We therefore trust that the members of 

 the Haggerston Entomological Society will further discuss this 

 matter. We are sure that the exertion of learning the " new " 

 names in this list will be far outweighed by the scientific results 

 of such labour. — Ed.] 



