774 A Vote ayainsl the Strict Application of the 



in {Irawinj: tlie limit. It has been thought best to apply 

 mainly to the professional zoologists, not including anatomists, 

 ])alseoutologists, or amateur zoologists. But, upon the whole, 

 it can scarcely be denied that the vote here offered gives 

 really the opinion of the zoologists of Denmark, Finland, 

 Norway, and Sweden. Th. Mortensen. 



The undersigned Scandinavian zoologists are of opinion 

 that the law of priority should be strictly applied iu all 

 cases. 



SiG TnoR. 

 Dr. phil., Skien, Xorwav. 



E. Waiilgre.s, 

 Dr. phil., Maliiio, Sweden. 



TnK undersigned Scandinavian and Finnish zoologists 

 ])rotest against the strict application of the law of priority 

 in all cases, and express the desire that the most important 

 and generally used names should be protccti'd against any 

 chauiic on nomonclatorial grounds. 



Gottfried Adlertz, 

 Dr. phil., Lektor, Sunclsvall, Sweden. 



K. A. Andersson, 



Dr. phil., Fiskeri-Inteudent, 



GoLeborg, Sweden. 



L. Gabr. Asdekssox, 

 Dr. pbil., Riksmuseuiu, Stockholm. 



A. Appellof, 

 Professor of Zoology at the Univer- 

 sity of Uppsala, Sweden. 



E.MiLY Arsesen, 

 Dr. phil., Conservator at the Zoolo- 

 gical Museum, Christiania. 



I. Arwidsson, 



Dr. phil., Fiskeri-lntendent, 



Mariefred, Sweden. 



CnR. AuRiviLLirs, 



Professor, Secretary of the R. Swedish 



Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. 



Ilrco Agren, 

 Lie. phil., Lund, Sweden. 



Simon Besgtssox, 

 Dr. phil.; Curator of the Entomo- 

 logical Collection, Zoological In- 

 etitutc, Lund, Sweden. 



Paii. P..)Erkax, 



Conservator at the Zoological 



Museum, Bergen. 



WiLHELM BjoRCK, 



Assistant at the Zoological Institute 

 of the University of Lund, Sweden. 



J. E. V. Boas, 



Professor of Zoology at the 



Veterinary School, Copenhagen. 



SiXTEN Bock. 



Amanuensis, Zoological Institute, 



Uppsala, Sweden. 



Adam Boting, 

 Dr. phil., Assistant at the Zoolo- 

 gical Museum. Copenhagen. 



Kristise Boxxevie, 



Dr. phil., Zoological Institute of the 



University, Christiania. 



At'G. Brixkmaxx, 

 Dr. phil.. Director of the Zoological 

 Deparlnient of the Museum, Bergen. 



ITjalmar Broch, 

 Dr. phil.. Curator of the Collections 

 of the R. >'orwegiau Society of 

 Sciences, Trondhjem, Norway. 



