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VOLUME 14, Triple-Part 7/9 29f/t November 1957 pp. 191—286 THE BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE The Official Organ of THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE Edited hy FRANCIS HEMMING, C.M.G., C.B.E. Secretary to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Contents: Page Concluding Portion (Parts 2 and 3) of the Draft of the revised English text of the Regies .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 191 LONDON: Printed by Order of the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature and Sold on behalf of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature by the International Trust at its Publication Office, 41, Queen's Gate, London, S.W.7 1957 Price Three Pounds (All rights reserved) Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE A. The Officers of the Commission Honorary Life President: Dr. Karl Jordan (British Museum (Natural History), Zoological Museum, Tring, Herts, England) President: Professor James Chester Bradley (Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.) (12th August 1953) Vice-President: Senhor Dr. Afranio do Amaral (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (12th August 1953) Secretary : Mr. Francis Hemming (London, England) (27th July 1948) B. The Members of the Commission (Arranged in order of precedence by reference to date of election or of most recent re-election, as prescribed by the International Congress of Zoology) Professor H. Boschma (Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historic, Leiden, The Netherlands) (1st January 1947) Senor Dr. Angel Cabrera (La Plata, Argentina) (27th July 1948) Mr. Francis Hemming (London, England) (27th July 1948) (Secretary) Dr. Henning Lemche (UniversitetetsZoologiske Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark) (27th July 1948) Professor Teiso Esaki (Kyushu University, Eukuoka, Japan) (17th April 1950) Professor Pierre Bonnet (Universiti de Toulouse, France) (9th June 1950) Mr. Norman Denbigh Riley (British Museum (Natural History), London) (9th June 1950) Professor Dr. Tadeusz Jaczewski (Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland) (15th June 1950) Professor Dr. Robert Mertens (Natur Museum u. Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg, Frankfurt a. M., Germany) (5th July 1950) Professor Dr. Erich Martin Hering (Zoologisclies Museum der Humboldt- Universitdt zu Berlin, Germany) (5th July 1950) Senhor Dr. Afranio do Amaral (S. Paulo, Brazil) (12th August 1953) (Vice-President) Professor J. R. Dymond (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) (12th August 1953) Professor J. Chester Bradley (Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.) (12tli August 1953) (President) Professor Harold E. Vokes (University of Tulane, Department of Geology, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.) (12th August 1953) Professor Bela Hanko (Mezogazdasdgi Museum, Budapest, Hungary) (12th August 1953) Dr. Norman R. Stoll (Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.) (12th August 1953) Mr. P. C. Sylvester-Bradley (Sheffield University, Sheffield, England) (12th August 1953) Dr. L. B. Holthuis (Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historic, Leiden, The Netherlands) (12th August 1953) Dr. K. H. L. Key (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia) (15th October 1954) Dr. Alden H. Miller (Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.) (29th October 1954) Doc. Dr. Ferdinand PranTl (Narodni Museum v Praze, Prague, Czechoslovakia) (30th October 1954) Professor Dr. William Kuiinelt (Zoologisches Institut der Universitdt, Vienna, Austria) (6th November 1954) Professor F. S. Bodenhkimer (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) (11th November 1954) Professor Ernst Mayr (Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massa¬ chusetts, U.S.A.) (4th December 1954) Professor Enrico Tortonese (Muse.o di Storia Naturale " Q. Doria ", Genova, Italy) (16th December 1954) Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 191 PART TWO LINGUISTIC REGULATIONS ARTICLE 27 THE LANGUAGE OF NAMES Foreword.—In the interpretation of this Article regard shall he paid to g the fact that Latin as used for zoological nomenclature is a living language and therefore that, while classical Latin shall necessarily he the standard to which zoological names shall conform, so far as possible, that standard shall not he applied in such a manner as to ignore later developments of Latin or as to override considerations of scientific accuracy, uniformity, intelligibility or JQ practical usefulness. B. 4 : 245, par. 8 Section 1. Zoological nomenclature Latin.—The scientific name of a taxon must be a word or words that are either Latin or Latinised,* (cf. Glossary) or treated as such if they are not of 15 classical origin. I. R., Ill *Eor transliteration of words written in the Greek or Cyrillic alphabets see Schedules [ ] and [ ]. [Note : The present page is the first page of Triple-Part 7/9 of this volume. Ed., 5th 20 November 1957.] 0 Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries 192 Bulletin of Zoological Nomencfafa&re Article 27—continued. (a) Arbitrary words.—-An arbitrary combination of letters, treated as though it were a Latinised word, shall be deemed to come under the preceding Rule. C. p. 47, par. 78, la, i and p. 52 par. 86 5 (b) The use of certain Latin letters.—The letters " k," " w," and " y," more common in Xeo-Latin, may he used in zoological names. C. p. 47, par. 77 Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 193 ARTICLE 28 GRAMMAR AND TYPOGRAPHY A. GENERAL RULES Section 1. Word-formation in general.* (a) Connecting vowels in compound words.—Any vowel 5 selected by the author of a compound name to connect two of its parts shall not be subject to change. C. p. 43, par. 71, 1 a (i) and p. 55, par. 93 Explanation : This should not be construed as a recommendation to 10 zoologists to disregard classical usage as regards connecting the parts of a compound word when forming a new name compounded from classical words. Table I in the Appendix to this Article indicates when a connecting vowel should be used and what one, as well as what change, if any, should be made in the last letter of the stem. When there is a connecting vowel it should be jg " i " in Latin, but " o " in Greek. (Discussion : This Rule is given only for specific names (C. p. 55, par. 93). However, the wording of p. 43, par. 71 (la, i) " Inadvertent error does not include ... the use of an inappropriate connective vowel in the formation of a name based on a compound word " extends it in fact to all names and it is 20 appropriate in the position to which I have assigned it.) ♦An understanding of the distinction made by grammarians between compound and derivative words, as well as the etymological nature of a suffix and of a stem is necessary for those zoologists who have occasion to propose new names and who wish to form them correctly from the point of view of the classical languages, (cf. Glossary : word, suffix, stem, and root.) 25 (Compiler.) Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries 19* BvBttm of .Zfjfjh&kal, Womeadakm AriMe 28—eoMfdmmed, " MeetmmesfaiMm " i. He elements of esiapesBfi waits.—An author ' r robes to form a name by eonpomdrng words should take on that all ' < ' < fits are from the same language. C. p. 49, par. 82, and p. 56, par. 97 5 " Recommendation " 2, The prefix " sab- —The prefix " su5- " should enter Into' composition only with a Latin nonn or adjective. It should not enter into composition with, a proper name. Examples : m&mridis, snhchehtus, but not svhwSmai, stimdifarnimsis, nor SvMarwinia. 10 I. R., Art-. XX, Rec. 1 " Recommendation " 3. The prefix " pseudo- —The prefix " -pseudo- " should only enter into combination with a Greek noun or adjective. It should not enter into composition with a proper name. Examples : Pseudacanthus, Pseudophis, or Pseudomys, but not 15 Pseudograteloupana, nor Pseudaristotelia. I. R., Art, XX, Bee. 1 " Recommendation " 4. The suffixes " -oides " and " -ides —The sufSx " -aides " or " -ides " should be combined only with a Greek or Latin noun. They should not be combined with proper names. 20 I. R., Art. XX, Rec. 2 " Recommendation " 5. Proper names in languages that do not use the Latin alphabet.—A proper name in any language that does not use the Latin alphabet should be transliterated in accordance with the appropriate Schedule if any, attached to this Code [except (1) a place name that has an other form 25 accepted in atlases, gazetteers or the findings of geographical Boards, and (2) the name of a person who customarily publishes it in another form]. I. R., Art. XX, Rec. c (Discussion : The bracketed portion is suggested as a desirable addition.) Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 195 Article 28—continued. Section 2. Formation of names based on personal names. (a) Names ending in " q —In forming the name of a taxon on a personal name ending in " q " the letter " n " shall be inserted between it and the ending. B. 4 : 206, par. 11 (1 d) 5 C. p. 62, par. 86 (c) (ii) (Discussion : Actually applied only to specific names, it should be broadened to include generic names.) (b) Compound personal names.—If a new name for a taxon based on a compound personal name was established 10 as two separate words in a publication in which the author duly applied the principles of binominal nomenclature, that name shall not be rejected on the grounds that it contravenes those principles, hut shall be coalesced and treated as though it originally has 15 been established in that form. B. 4 : 198, par. 9 (2) (Discussion : Applied at Paris only to specific names, should be broadened to include other taxa.) " Recommendation " 6. Treatment of compound surnames.—A zoologist 20 who wishes to form [the name of a taxon] (a specific name) from a compound personal name should consider using only one of the names, giving preference to the better known.