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5. Fernald (C. H.). 



" I am positively in favor of regarding the lOth edition of 

 Linnaeus as the basis of Zoological nomenclature for the reason 

 that in this edition of the Systeina Naturae the author has not only 

 given us a distinct idea of the binomial system of nomenclature 

 but has also consistently used it, so that if the later editions of his 

 work had never appeared there is no question in my mind but that 

 the system would have been adopted by later writers, just as was 

 done by Scopoli and Artedi. All agree that Linnaeus conceived 

 this binomial idea, and that later writers perceiving its decided 

 advantages adopted it. If it is claimed that it was not presented 

 clearly enough in the loth edition, and for this reason the 12th 

 edition should be taken as the starting point, but that the works of 

 Scopoli and Artedi using this system clearly should be recognized, 

 why then do not those who argue in favor of the 12th edition 

 propose to have it start from 1763, the date of Scopoli's Entomologia 

 Carniolica ? " 



6. Smith (J. B.). 



"Logically the loth edition of the Sy sterna Naturae should be 

 taken as the starting-point. In this work the binomial system is 

 consistently applied to all classes of organisms, and may be said to 

 have its real beginning. 



The question is not a new one in the United States, and the 

 almost universal tendency is to make the loth edition the starting- 

 point. Canon XIII. of the 'Code of Nomenclature' of the 

 American Ornithologists' Union covers this point, and there the 

 reasons for its adoption are given at length. They seem con- 

 vincing to me, and this code is generally adopted by our 

 Entomologists. I have adhered to this in my catalogue of the 

 Noctuidae of Temperate North America, and in all my mono- 

 graphic papers." 



7. Snellen (P. C. T.). 15 >;/. 1897. 



"Certainement I'edition 10'' (1758) du Systevia Naturae doit etre 

 prise pour base et point de depart de notre nomenclature zoolo- 

 gique. C'est dans cet ouvrage qu'elle a ete introduite pour la 

 premiere fois. En reculant cette date jusqu'a celle de I'edition 

 12^ (1766-8), on passe plusieurs ouvrages dans lesquels elle a ete 

 appliquee a I'exemple du Syst. Nat. ed. x. Non-seulement ceux 

 de Clerck, Icones (1759-64) et de Scopoli, Entom. Carniolica (1763), 

 mais aussi des ouvrages de Linne lui-meme. Fauna Suecica, ed 2 

 (1761), id., M71S. Lud. Ulr. (1764), de Poda von Neuhaus, Insecta 

 Musei Graeeensis (1761) et de Miiller, Fauna Fridichscialina (1764). 

 II n'est que juste de tenir compte de ces ouvrages. La preference 

 de Linne lui-meme pour sa 12^ edition du 6". N, ne doit pas nous 



