110 Zoological Nomenclature. 
§ D. It is recommended that new genera or species be 
amply ee published, and extensively circulated in the 
first instan 
[The names to be given to subdivisions of — to agree in gender with the 
original genus.|—In order to sea specific names as far as ee in an 
unaltered form, whatever may be changes which the genera to whic 
they are referred may undergo, it is desi rable, when it can be done with pro- 
a to make the new subdivisions of genera agree in gender with the old 
oups from which they are formed. This recommendation aa oes not, how 
ever, authorize t ths sh ng the gender or termination of a genus alreisil 
established. In brie 
E. It is eipomeniel that in subdividing an old genus in 
future, the names given to the subdivisions should agree in 
gender with that of the original group. 
[Etymologies and types of new ig to be stated.|—It is obvious that the 
am nera would in general be far more carefully constructed, and 
their definitions vores be rendered more exact, if authors would adopt the 
followi ing 8 
§ Iti is i esodainincied that in defining new genera the 
etymology of the name should be always stated, and that 
one species should be invariably selected as a type or standard 
of reterence. 
In concluding this outline of a scheme for the pape 
of zodlogical nomenclature, we have only to remark, tha 
most the whole of the propositions contained in it may be ao. 
plied with equal correctness to the sister science of botany. 
We have preferred, however, in this essay to limit our views 
to zodlogy, both for the sake of rendering the question less 
complex, and because we conceive that the botanical nomen- 
clature of the present day stands in much less need of dis- 
tinct ——— than the zodlogical. The admirable rules 
laid down by Linneeus, Smith, Decandolle, and other bot- 
anists “(to abich no less than to the works of Fabricius, 
re Vigors, Swainson, and other zodlogists, we have been 
much indebted in preparing the present document) have al- 
ways exercised a beneficial influence over their disciples. 
Hence the language of botany has attained a more perfect a and 
stable condition than that of zodlogy.; and if this attempt 
at reformation may have the effect of advancing zodlogical 
nomenclature beyond its present backward and abnormal state, 
the wishes of its promoters will be fully attained. 
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