July 4, 1913] 



SCIENCE 



ger and Stiles. In addition, Messrs. K. Jordan 

 and the Honorable Walter Rothschild, at the in- 

 vitation of the commission, attended the meetings 

 in an advisory capacity. 



(3) The following active and advisory commis- 

 sioners were not in attendance: Messrs, Apstein, 

 DoUo, Jordan (D. S.), Ludwig and Mitchell. 



(4) Death. — It is with profound regret that the 

 commission reports the death of one of its mem- 

 bers. Professor Dr. F. C. von Maehrenthal, who 

 died in 1910, very shortly after the Gratz meeting. 

 Putting entirely aside our feeling of personal loss 

 as insignificant in comparison with the loss that 

 Commissioner von Maehrenthal 's death means to 

 the international zoological profession, the com- 

 mission feels that it is only just to pause a mo- 

 ment to recall to the members of this congress the 

 modest character of this man who gave nearly his 

 entire professional career to aiding his colleagues 

 in their more tedious labors and than whom it 

 would be difficult to find, in the entire history of 

 zoology, any man with a keener insight into the 

 intricacies and complications of zoological nomen- 

 clature with the possible exception of Linnaeus and 

 Strickland. 



(5) Besignations. — During the interim since the 

 1910 session, the commission has received the fol- 

 lowing resignations, which are herewith reported 

 to the congress with the recommendation that they 

 be accepted: 



Dr. G. A. Boulenger (London), who declined to 

 serve. 



Dr. Louis Dollo (Brussels), who begged to be 

 excused from service, on the ground of poor health. 



The resignation of Professor Hubert Ludwig 

 (Bonn) has been received, but as his term of office 

 expires with the present congress no formal action 

 is necessary. 



(6) Advisory or Temporary Commissioners. — 

 Through the death of Dr. von Maehrenthal and 

 the resignations of Drs. Boulenger, Dollo and 

 Ludwig, the commission became reduced from 15 

 to 11 members. As it seemed very advisable not 

 to permit the organization to decrease in size, and 

 as there was no method of procedure prescribed 

 whereby vacancies were to be filled in the interim 

 between congresses, the commission, acting in the 

 interest of the subject, invited certain gentlemen 

 to fill the vacancies until these could be filled by 

 the present congress. The gentlemen in question 

 are as follows: 



Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, secretary of the Zoo- 

 logical Society of London, was invited to serve in 

 place of Dr. Boulenger. 



Professor Kraepelin, of Hamburg, was invited 

 to serve in place of Dr. von Maehrenthal; Dr. 

 Kraepelin served but a short time, and Professor 

 Apstein, of Berlin, was invited to fill the vacancy. 



(7) Upon reaching Monaco, the commission in- 

 vited Dr. K. Jordan, secretary of the International 

 Committee on Entomological Nomenclature, and 

 the Honorable Walter Eothschild to sit with the 

 commission in an advisory capacity and this has 

 been done. 



(8) Since not a single majority vote has been 

 determined by the gentlemen in question, and 

 therefore their temporary membership on the com- 

 mission has in reality been equivalent to their 

 serving simply in an advisory capacity, the legality 

 of the action taken can not be questioned on the 

 ground that these gentlemen were not formally 

 elected by the congress. At the same time, as a 

 matter of formality, the commission at present 

 asks that its action in respect to the vacancies be 

 confirmed by the congress by the adoption of the 

 following resolution: 



(9) Besolved, That the informal action taken 

 by the International Commission on Zoological 

 Nomenclature in regard to filling vacancies be ap- 

 proved and ratified by this ninth congress and be 

 made formal. 



(10) In order to provide for similar contingen- 

 cies in the future, the Commission recommends to 

 the congress the adoption of the following resolu- 

 tion : 



(11) Besolved, That in case of vacancies in the 

 Commission on Zoological Nomenclature by death 

 or resignation during the interim between con- 

 gresses, said commission is empowered to fill said 

 vacancies temporarily, with the understanding that 

 the appointees shall hold office until the vacancies 

 in question are filled by the next succeeding con- 

 gress. 



(12) Expiration of Term of Service. — The term 

 of service expires at the close of this (1913, 

 Monaco) congress for the following five members 

 of the class of 1913 : 



J. A. Allen, of New York; Ph. Dautzenberg, of 

 Paris; Hubert Ludwig, of Bonn; F. C. von Maehr- 

 enthal, deceased, of Berlin, succeeded temporarily 

 by K. Apstein, of Berlin ; W. E. Hoyle, of Cardiff. 



(13) Nominations. — In accordance with custom 

 obtaining since the Cambridge (1898) congress, 

 the commission, after careful consideration as to 

 details of the work, of countries, languages, spe- 

 cialties, etc., herewith has the honor to submit 

 nominations to fill the seven vacancies that wiU 



