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will be published in the Zoologischer Anzeiger. If the majority favors 
the first of these propositions, the matter will be brought before the 
Halle meeting of the Society, May 27-30, 1912, and put in execution as 
far as possible. 
Prof. F. E. Schulze proposes to submit a proposition to the Inter- 
national Nomenclature Commission to be reported to the International 
Zoological Congress of 1913 to the effect that since some zoologists 
wish no alteration of long-used generic names, while others prefer the 
oldest available names, both parties can be met for the present by 
writing first the oldest justifiable generic name, followed by the long- 
used later name preceded by the sign of equality and enclosed in 
parentheses, thus: Sphenodon (=Hatleria); Fasciola (=Distomum) 
hepatica; Molge (=Triton) alpestris. (Zool. Anzeig, Feb. 27, 1912.) 
This procedure, according to R. Hartmeyer (I. c., p. 336) has been 
used for several years by specialists in the Ascidiae, except that square 
brackets without the sign of equality have been used instead of the 
parentheses, etc., in order to avoid confusion with the use of a name 
of lower taxonomic rank, as subgenus, e. g., in parentheses after a ge- 
neric name. 
Prof. Fr. Dahl in an article on “The value of definitively established 
Rules of Nomenclature” (in German) argues for the preservation of 
the rules as adopted at the International Zoological Congress of Ber- 
lin without any later modifications or exceptions. (Zool. Anzeig. Feb. 
27, I912, pp. 205-200.) 
A New Generic NAME FoR CALLOSAMIA CALLETA (WEsTWoop).—In 
the course of preparing for the press the manuscript on Saturniidae 
left by Dr. A. S. Packard, it has become evident that Callosamia calleta 
stands quite apart from the typical members of the genus (promethea 
and angulifera), and should surely form a distinct genus, to which 
the name Eupackardia may be applied: type Eupackardia calleta 
(Westwood). Dr. H. G. Dyar, to whom I am indebted for some ad- 
vice in the matter, does not know of any other species which should 
go with calleta. The calleta moth differs in venation and markings 
from Callosamia, as Dr. Packard’s manuscript fully indicates; but 
more especially the species differs in the larva, the characters being 
described by Packard in Proc. American Acad., xxxix (1904), pp. 
547-551, and beautifully illustrated by colored plates prepared for the 
forthcoming volumes.—T. D. A. CocCKERELL. 
Fosstz CocKroACHES FROM TExAs. (OrrHop.)—In Publication 146 of 
the Carnegie Institution of Washington, issued December 2oth, rg11, 
Professor E. H. Sellards has an interesting account of two new cock- 
roaches, Etoblattina texana and Etoblattina (?) robusta, from the 
Permian of Texas. The specimens were obtained by Professor E. C. 
Case, but unfortunately nothing is said of the exact locality. I am 
