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7. Propositions by the Central Branch of the American 

 Society of Zoologists. 



Science for June 14, 1912, pages 933 — 934 contains the following 

 resolution: 



All propositions for amendments to rules on nomenclature which 

 are approved by a majority of the International Commission on No- 

 menclature shall be submitted to the International Congress for final 

 decision by a vote in open meeting. In case it appears that any legis- 

 lation to the contrary has been adopted by a previous International 

 Congress , the International Congress at Monaco is respectfully urged 

 to reconsider and repeal such action. 



Note. — The Secretary herewith takes cognizance of the foregoing 

 publication. The resolutions in question have never reached the Se- 

 cretary in formal manner as proposed amendments and he takes the view 

 that publication of propositions in any given journal does not constitute 

 a formal submission of said propositions to the Commission. It would 

 be impossible for the Secretary to assume the responsibility of attempt- 

 ing to read all journals in order to see whether they contain proposed 

 amendments. 



Taking cognizance of the foregoing resolution, is not to be inter- 

 preted as creating a precedent. The incident will be submitted to the 

 Commission for decision as to whether the proposition should be dis- 

 cussed. 



8. Amendments proposed by the German Zoological Society. 



Cognizance is taken of the publication of amendments proposed 

 by the German Zoological Society in the Zool. Anz., Aug. 30, 1912, 

 pp. 155 — 156. As the publication in question is in the same journal as 

 this notice it is not deemed necessary to repeat the propositions in this 

 report and pp. 155 — 156 are herewith made a portion of this report. 



Note. — The propositions in question have never formally reached 

 the Secretary as a proposed amendment. As in the case of No. 7, he 

 declines for the present, to admit any obligation on his part to re- 

 cognize the propositions in question as being before him from a parli- 

 amentary point of view, but he will refer the matter to the Commission 

 for discussion as to the status of the proposed amendments. 



9. Proposition from the First International Entomological 



Congress. 



"8. La section de nomenclature du I er Congrès international 

 d'Entomologie considère comme étant de la plus grande importance 

 qu'une disposition nouvelle soit ajoutée aux règles internationales de la 

 nomenclature zoologique, à savoir que, lors de la description d'une 



