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110 Vol.10: nos.3-4
NOMENCLATURE NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the possible use by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature of its Plenary Powers is involved in applications relating to the under-mentioned names included in Part 10 of Volume 12 of the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, which will be published on 31st October 1956:
1. Cupido Schrank, 1801, designation of a type species for, in harmony with
accustomed usage (Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera) (Z.N. [S.] 1138);
2. jurtina Linnaeus, 1758 (Papilio), grant of precedence to, over janira Linnaeus,
1758 (Papilio); EPINEPHELDI Tutt, 1896, suppression of (Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera) (Z.N. [S.] 1142).
Attention is also drawn to the proposed adoption of a Declaration regarding the method to be followed in determining the relative precedence to be accorded to two or more names for family-group taxa published in the same book and on the same date (Z.N. [S.] 1141).
The present Notice is given in pursuance of the decisions taken on the recommendation of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, by the Thirteenth International Congress of Zoology, Paris, July 1948 (see Bull. zool. Nomencl. 4:51-56, 57-59; ibid. 5:5-13, 131).
Any specialist who may desire to comment on any of the foregoing applications is invited to do so in writing to the Secretary to the International Commission (Address: 28 Park Village East, Regent's Park, London, N.W.I, England) as soon as possible. Every comment should be clearly marked with the Commission's File Number as given in the present Notice, and sent in duplicate.
If received in sufficient time before the commencement by the International Commission of voting on the application in question, comments received in response to the present Notice will be published in the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature; comments received too late will be brought to the attention of the International Commission at the time of the commencement of voting on the application in question.
Under the decision by the International Congress of Zoology specified above, the period within which comments on the applications covered by the present Notice are receivable is a period of six calendar months calculated from the date of publication of the relevant Part of the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. The Part now in question will be published on 31st October 1956. In consequence any comments on the applications published in this Part should reach the Secretariat of the International Commission at the latest by 30th April 1957.
Francis Hemming
Secretary to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Brigadier W. H. EVANS, author of the recent Catalogue of American Hesperiidce, has notified the News that "Addenda and Corrigenda" have been printed and a copy sent to every known recipient or purchaser. If not received, application for a copy should be sent to: "The Publications Officer," British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London S.W. 7, England.