Kurt Auffenberg wrote:

> >Kurt, as always, is right.
>
> I'm going to get this enlarged and framed....put it on the mirror so I can
> read it every morning while shaving.....better yet, give it to my wife.
>
> This brings to mind something for you to ponder over the weekend......
>
> If a man is alone in the forest and says something.......is he still wrong?
> Sorry, but this may lose something in translation for our foreign
> correspondents....
>
> I know the answer. I bet most of you do too.  Have a good weekend.

Hello!

Hi to the Polymita commenters,

Ha Ha!! Now could you please give me a straight answer. I will repeat the
questions, if you dont mind.

>I have a few more questions on the Polymita descriptions.

>Polymita brocheri ("Gutierrez" Pfeiffer 1864) : this is as cited by C.
>de la Torre in his monograph.

>1) What do the "  " enclosing Gutierrez mean, that he, Gutierrez,
>described it in Pfeiffer's work,
>or that Pfeiffer referenced a description by Gutierrez (from a letter I
>think)?

>2) Arango amended the name to brocheroi in 1878: this is as cited by
>Tucker Abbott, I assume C. de la Torre did not know this. Is this correct?
>The correct name is now brocheroi and should be cited as brocheroi?
>(Note: The species was named for General Brochero)

>Your kind attention and help is much appreciated.


Later,

Emilio Jorge Power

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