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et trouve que la synonymie est UN JEU IDIOT: malheureusement 
je ne vois pas trop le reméde. Je erois que le mal va un peu se 
guérir avec les réglementations des Congrés Zoologiques d'Eu- 
rope, qui interdisent de remonter au dela (!) de Linné. On a en- 
visagé un tas de questions de priorité et jamais le cóté pratique. 
Lucien Cuénot, Chargé de cours de Zool. á la Faculté des 
Sciences, Nancy (Meurthe et Moselle), France. 
A * 
. “The German who was asked why he called his boy Hans ' 
replied: : 
“Pecaus it vas hees name.” 
“The story is an old one, but no one has ever questioned 
the conclusiveness of the reply. It is the same answer that 
must be made to the question why a botánical name should be 
changed to make it conform to the law of priority. When a child 
is christened the name he receives is the one that he is suppo- 
sed to have during life. A man with several aliases is always 
an object of suspicion. Is there any reason why the first name 
that is given to a plant or animal should not always be its name 
as well as in the case of a human being? It is true that there 
is this difference, that the poor plant or animal has no choice 
at any time, while the child after 1t becomes a man or woman 
might have something to say if an outsider should attempt to im- 
pose a different name...... 
Lester F, Ward. “ The Nomenclature Question.” Bulletin of 
the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol, 22. n* 7, July 1895. 
Pd xk 
HÉRÉSIES TAXINOMISTES.—“Sous ce titre, M. A. L. Herre- 
ra vient de publier á Mexico une brochure de 60 pages.... 
Il y a des naturalistes pour qui la science consiste á établir 
des espéces nouvelles, et A fabriquer des genres distincts aux- 
«quels ¡ls ont Pambition de joindre leur nom; tel cultive les insec- 
