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information is given of copper mines in South 

 America. The book is concluded with a resume 

 of statistical facts. A wealth of new informa- 

 tion is given and much of the descriptive 

 material is entirely rewritten, bringing the book 

 up to date. The policy of frank criticism 

 which has been such a valuable feature of the 

 book in the past is evidently continued and it 

 is safe to say that the " Copper Handbook " 

 in this much-improved form will meet with 

 the approval of those who seek information 

 about the mining of this metal. 



W. L. 



EIGHTS LIST OF GENEBIC NAMES (MAM- 

 MALS) UNDEB CONSIDEBATION IN 

 CONNECTION WITH THE OfFICIAL 

 LIST OF ZOOLOGICAL NAMES 



28. Notice is hereby given to the zoological 

 profession that the following list of sixteen 

 generic names in mammals has been submitted 

 to the International Commission to be acted 

 upon under the plenary power authority, 

 granted by the Monaco Congress, to sus- 

 pend the rules in the Code of Nomenclature. 

 This list is published herewith without com- 

 ment and all persons interested in the subject 

 are cordially invited to communicate with the 

 secretary of the International Commission and 

 to give him any arguments bearing on the 

 subject. 



29. In the following list the names are ar- 

 ranged in the following order: (a) preserve; 

 (&) for; (c) genotype; (d) instead of; (e) see 

 explanatory notes that follow list. 



In accordance with the permission given to 

 zoologists at the Monaco Congress to submit 

 to the International Commission on Nomen- 

 clature names which are recommended for 

 fixation by fiat, we the undersigned mammalo- 

 gists beg to present the following sixteen 

 names which we recommend as nomina con- 

 servanda in the class with which we are con- 

 cerned. The general reasons for the presenta- 

 tion of such names have been so often pub- 

 lished that we do not need to repeat them here : 



(o) Anthropopithecus ; (h) for chimpanzees; 

 (c) type A. niger; (d) instead of Simia or 

 Pan; (e) see note T. 



(o) Gercopiihecus; (&) guenon monkeys of 

 Africa; (c) Simia mona Schr.; (d) Lasiopyga; 

 (e) T. 1. 



(a) Chiromys; (6) aye-aye; (c) Sciurus 

 madagascariensis Gmel. ; {d) Dauhentonia; 

 ie)2. 



(a) Coelogenys; (h) paea; (c) Mus paca 

 Linn.; (d) Agouti or Cuniculus; (e) 3. 



(a) Dasypus; (b) six-banded armadillo and 

 allies; (c) D. sexcinctus Linn.; (d) Euphrac- 

 tus; (e) T. 4. 



(o) Dicotyles; (h) peccaries; (c) 8us tajacu 

 Linn.; {d) Tayassu; (e) ?. 



(a) Echidna; (h) spiny anteater; (c) 

 Myrmecophaga aculeata Shaw; (d) Tachy- 

 glossusj (e) 5. 



(a) Oaleopithecus ; (hy Philippine colugo; 

 (c) Lemur volans Linn.; (d) Oynocephalus; 

 (e) T. 6. 



(a) Gazella; (&) gazelles in modem sense; 

 (c) Capra dorcas Linn.; (e) T. 7. 



(a) Hapale; (6) marmosets; (c) Simia 

 jacchus Linn.; (d) Callithrix; (e) T. 8. 



(a) Eippotragus; (6) sable antelope and 

 allies; (c) Antilope leucophwa; (d) Ozanna; 

 ie) .9. ,- _ 



(a) Lagidium; (h) mountain chinchilla; 

 (c) Lagidium peruanum, Meyen.; {d) Vizcac- 

 cia; (e) 10. 



(a) Manatus; (&) manatees; (c) Trichechus 

 manatus Linn.; (d) Trichechus; (e) T. 



(a) Nycteris; (h) the African bats usually 

 so-called; (c) Vespertilio hispidus Schr.; (d) 

 Petalia; (e) T. 11. 



(a) Rhytina; (6) Steller's sea-cow; (c) 

 Manati gigas Zimm. ; {d) Hydrodamalis; (e) 

 12. 



(a) Simia; (h) orangs; (c) Simia satyrus, 

 auct. nee Linn.; {d) Pongo; (e) T. 13. 



Cases marked with a T. involve, under the 

 technical rules, the transfer of a name from 

 one group to another. 



Every name here recommended for legali- 

 zation by fiat is well known to systematists, 

 and universally used by general writers. 



When a name is legalized by fiat, we con- 

 sider that power may be assumed to fix the 

 most classical form of the name, not neces- 

 sarily that which was first used, e. g. : Rhytina, 



