Dear Conch-Lers,

This is a message recently sent by the International Commission on
Zoological Nomenclature about the forthcoming new edition of the Code:

"The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature - 4th Edition

The new and extensively revised 4th Edition of the International Code of
Zoological Nomenclature will be published in September 1999.  It will come
into effect on 1 January 2000 and will entirely supersede the current
(1985) edition. Some notes about the forthcoming edition, which contains
many new provisions, will be found on the Commission's Website (www.iczn.org).

The price of the 4th Edition is £40 or $65; the following discounts are
offered:

Individual members of a scientific society ordering one copy of the Code
for personal use are offered a discount of 25% (price £30 or $48); the name
and address of the society should be given.

Individual members of the American or European Associations for Zoological
Nomenclature ordering one copy of the Code for personal use are offered a
discount of 40% (price £24 or $39).

Postgraduate or undergraduate students ordering one copy for personal use
are offered a discount of 25% (price £30 or $48); the name and address of
the student's supervisor should be given.

Institutions or agents buying 5 or more copies are offered a 25% discount
(price £30 or $48 for each copy).

Prices include surface postage; for Airmail please add £2 or $3 per copy.

Copies for delivery in September may be ordered now from ITZN, c/o The
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail:
[log in to unmask]) or from AAZN, Attn. D.G. Smith, MRC-159, National Museum of
Natural History, Washington, D.C.  20560-0159, U.S.A. (e-mail:
[log in to unmask]).

Payment should accompany orders. Checks should be made out to "ITZN"
(sterling or dollars) or to "AAZN" (dollars only). Payment to ITZN can also
be made by credit card (Visa or MasterCard only) giving the cardholder's
number, name, address and the expiration date.

Individual purchasers of the Code are offered a 50% discount on one copy of
the following publications for personal use:

The Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology (1985) -
reduced from £60 to £30 and from $110 to $55;

Towards Stability in the Names of Animals - A History of the International
Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1895-1995 (1995) - reduced from £30
to £15 and from $50 to $25;

The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (The Commission's quarterly
journal) - discount valid for up to 5 years; for 1999 the discounted price
would be £51 or $90.

Translations of the Code in a number of languages are planned and their
availability will be announced on the Commission's Website."


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Jose H. Leal, Ph.D.
Director, The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
Editor-in-chief, THE NAUTILUS
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