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Zoological Nomenclature

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IN the President's address to the Entomological Society of London recently given by Mr. Wallace, one of the points most fully discussed is the rules of zoological nomenclature. These rules are undoubtedly of very considerable, though indirect, importance to science, and it is not very satisfactory to find that great divergence of opinion as to what these rules are, or should be, still prevails amongst recent describers and cataloguers.

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  • 01 March 1872

    P. 341, first col., line 32, for “and should be changed,” read “and should not be changed.” P. 338, first col., line 3, for “J. Murray” read “Tinsley Brothers.”

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SHARP, D. Zoological Nomenclature. Nature 5, 340–341 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005340b0

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