Stiles, Report of the International Commission etc. 329 



the Commission unanimously recommends to the Congress the 

 adoption of the following: 



Art. 4: For the word root, Substitute the word s t e m. 



Art. 27 (b) : For the word 1 a r v a , Substitute the words 

 any stage in the life history. 



Art. 35: Insert as a third paragraph the following: 



,, Specific names of the same origin and meaning shall be con- 

 sidered homonyms if they are distinguished from each other only 

 by the following differences: 



a. The use of ae, oe, and e, as caeruleus, coeruleus; 

 ceruleus; ei, i, and y, as chiropus, cheiropus; 

 c, and k, as microdon, mikrodon. 



b. The aspiration or non-aspiration of a consonant, as oxy- 

 ryncus, oxyrhynchus. 



c. The presence or absence of a c before t, as autum- 

 nalis, auctumnalis. 



d. By a Single or double consonant : litoralis, littoralis. 



e. By the endings e n s i s and i e n s i s to a geographical 

 name, as timorensis, timoriensis. 



Art. 36 : Omit from the examples- Macrodon, Mi- 

 crodon; caeruleus, coeruleus, ceruleus; sil- 

 vestris, sylvestris, silvaticus, sylvaticus; 

 littoralis, litoralis; autumnalis, auctum- 

 nalis; dama, damma. 



Appendix F: In the English and German texts, Substi- 

 tute the words transliteration and transliterated 

 for transcription and transcribed. 



Appendix G : In all three texts, Substitute paragraph 

 for r u 1 e s , and omit from the heading in French text the words 

 Regles de la. 



Italian Translation. The Commission has voted to issue 

 an official Italian edition of the International Rules. 



Ch. Wardell Stiles, Secy of Commission. 



Zu diesem Berichte melden sich zum Worte die Herren Direktor 

 Dr. W. E. Hoyle (Cardiff) und F. Poche (Wien). 



Herr F. Poche: 



Der angeführten Änderung des Art. 35 der Internationalen 

 Regeln der Zoologischen Nomenklatur kann ich absolut nicht 

 beistimmen, und zwar deshalb nicht, weil sie 1. eine durch nichts 

 gerechtfertigte, durchaus inkonsequente verschiedene Behand- 

 lung der Art- und der Gattungsnamen involviert und 2. ebenso 

 auch innerhalb der Artnamen selbst in völlig willkürlicher, unter 

 keinerlei einheitliche Gesichtspunkte zu bringender Weise eine 



