Stiles, Report of the International Commission etc. 323 



as soon as a majority (8) vote in favor of any Opinion is returned 

 to the Secretary, said vote may be announced. 



Article VIII. Change of By-Laws. 

 See. 1. The By-Laws of this Commission may be amended 

 at any time by an affirmative vote of 12 members. 



Financial Aid from the Smithsonian Institution. Owing to 

 the amount of clerical work connected with the studies condueted 

 by the Commission, it has been found very difficult in the past 

 for the Commission to render its decisions as promptly as desir- 

 able. This difficulty has now been overcome by the generous 

 grant of the sum of $ 2700 by the Smithsonian Institution; said 

 sum is available at the discretion of the Commission at any time 

 during the three years following the grant. 



In addition, the Smithsonian Institution has placed at the 

 disposal of the Commission the sum of $ 500 to be used in Pu- 

 blishing the „Opinions" rendered by the Commission in its func- 

 tion as a Court of Appeal. An arrangement has been made be- 

 tween the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the Secre- 

 tary of the Commission, whereby the „Opinions" will be published 

 by the Institution and forwarded to 1,100 libraries, to the mem- 

 bers of the International Zoological Congress, and to a limited 

 list of specialists. 



Opinions rendered. Since October, 1909, the Commission has 

 rendered 20 ,, Opinions" (Nos. 6 — 25), which are now in press 

 and which will soon be sent to all members of the Congress. A 

 number of cases are still before the Commission for study and 

 will be passed upon in the near future. The summaries of Opi- 

 nions 6 — 28 are as follows : 



6. In case of a genus A Linnaeus, 1758, with 

 two species Ab and Ac. — When a later author divides 

 the genus A, species A b and A c, leaving genus A, only species 

 Ab, and genus C, monotypic, with species C c : 



The second a,uthor is to be construed as having fixed the 

 type of the genus A. [See Article 30.] 



Vote: Affirmative 14; negative o; not voting 1. 



7. On the Interpretation of the expres- 

 s i o n "n. g., n. sp." underArticle30 (a). — The expression 

 "n. g., n. sp.", used in publication of a new genus for which no 

 other species is otherwise designated as genotype, is to be aeeep- 

 ted as designation under Article 30 (a). 



Vote: Affirmative 8; negative 3; not voting 2; vote both 

 ways 2. 



8. On the retention of ii or i in specific 

 patronymic names, under Article 14 (c) and 

 Article 19. — Specific patronymics originally published as en- 



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