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This last is of great importance since the 

 existing rule (adopted hy the Commission 

 and not hy the Congress} demands the unani- 

 mous consent of the Commission before any 

 proposition can be submitted to the Congress; 

 thus allowing a single member of the Com- 

 mission to overrule the great majority of the 

 zoologists of the world, a contingency which, 

 in the light of some recent occurrences, is not 

 beyond the realms of imagination. 



All who are in favor of these modifications 

 are earnestly requested to sign a statement 

 to the effect that they endorse the three propo- 

 sitions of the Committee signed by O. Abel 

 and others, and to send the same to Professor 

 F. Poche, Wien, I, Graben 17, Austria. 



The German Zoological Society also 

 adopted three propositions, as follows: 



I. Following the example of the botanists, 

 lists of generic names are to be prepared 

 which are to be removed from any action of 

 the law of priority, are never to be changed 

 nor transferred to other genera. These lists 

 are to be increased by special commissions. 

 Prominent among these are the names which 

 were in common use before 1900 and which 

 are employed in instruction. Among these 

 may be cited the following as examples; 



MAMMALS 



Anthropopithecus, chimpanzee (not Simia, 



orang). 

 Cercolabes (not Coendu). 

 Caelogenys (not Agouti). 

 Cynocephalus (not Chaeropithecus) . 

 Dieotyles (not Taya-ssus). 

 Echidna (not Tachyglossus). 

 Galeopithecus (not Cynocephalus). 

 Lemur (not Procebus). 

 Manatus, manatee (not Trichechus, walrus). 



BIRDS 



Cypsehis (not Apus). 



REPTILES 



Coluber (not Elaphe). 

 Trionyx (not Amyda). 

 Tropidonotus (not Natrix). 

 Vipera (not Coluber). 



FISHES 



Aniia (not Amiatus). 



Bdellostoma (not Eeptatrema). 

 Conger (not Leptocephalus) . 



TUNICATA 



Cyclosalpa (not Eolothuria). 

 Salpa (not Dagysa). 



INSECTA 



Anthophora (not Podalirus). 

 Periplaneta (not Stylopyga). 



CRUSTACEA 



Apus (not Triops). 

 Astacus (not Potamobia) . 

 Daphnia (not Daphne). 

 Homarus (not Astacus). 



HIRUDINEI 



Clepsine (not Glossiphonia) . 



MOLLUSCA 



Octopus (not Polypus). 

 TJnio (not Lyitmium). 



BRACHIOPODA 



Terebratula (not Liothyrina). 



ECHINODERMA 



Holothuria (not Bohadschia). 

 Moira (not Echinocardium). 

 Colochirus (not Actinia). 

 Schizaster (not Spatangus). 

 Spatangus (not Prospatangus.) 

 Strongylocentrotus (not Echinus). 



PROCHOBDATA 



Phoronis (not Actinotrocha) . 



CNIDARIA 



Actinia (not Priapus). 

 Physalia (not Holothuria). 



II. The transfer of generic or specific names 

 from one genus or species to another shall not 

 be allowed, when this will lead to lasting con- 

 fusion or error. 



III. Certain works are not to be consid- 

 ered in the determination of questions of 

 priority. Among these are: 



P. H. G. Moehring: " Geschlechten der Vogeln, 



Avium genera. IJbersetzt von Nozemann. ' ' 



1758. 

 Gistel : ' ' Naturgesehichte des Tierreichs. ' ' 1848. 

 Meigen: "Nouvelle classification des niouches a 



deux ailes (Diptera)." 1800. 

 Frisch: "Das Natur-System der vierfiissigen 



Tiers." 1775. 



