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Ii:';' 2--'5.P)7nS THE BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE The Official Organ of THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE VOLUME 33 LONDON: Printed by Order of the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature and Sold on behalf of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature by the Intemational Trust at its Publication Office, c/o British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD 1977 (All rights reserved) Ill Page Comments on the proposal to validate Aglaja Renier, 1807 and AGLAJIDAE Pilsbry, 1895 (Mollusca). By W.O. Cernohorsky (Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland, New Zealand) and Henning Lemche (Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Universitetsparken 15,2100 Copenhagen K. Denmark) 3 Comment on the proposed ruling on the authorship of Conus moluccensis (Mollusca: Gastropoda). By Alan J. Kohn (Department of Zoology, University of Wasfiington, Seattle, Wasfiington 98195, U.S.A.) 4 Reply to comments on the proposal to conserve Liparthrum Wollaston, 1864 (Coleoptera: SCOLYTIDAE). By Stephen L. Wood (Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. U.S.A.) 4 Comments on the proposed suppression of Rhiniodon Smith, 1828 (Pisces). By R.K. Brooke (Durban Museum, Smith Street, Durban 4001, R.S.A.) and A.J. Bass (Oceanographic Research Institute, P.O. Box 736, Durban 4000, R.S.A.) 4 Comment on the proposal concerning Polydrusus Germar, 1817 and Phyllobius Germar, 1824 (Coleoptera). By El wood C, Zimmerman (CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra City, A.C. T. 2601, Australia) 6 Comment supporting application for Opinion and Declaration that species-group names with unlatinized Greek adjectival endings are indeclinable, and proposal to modify language of proposed Declaration. By E. Eisenmann (American Museum of Natural History, Wew York, N.Y. 10024, U.S.A.) Reply by R.K. Brooke (Durban Museum, Smith Street, Durban 4001, R.S.A.) 6 Additional facts in the case of Pharopteryx benoit RiJppell, 1852 (Pisces). By E. Tortonese (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, 16121 Genoa, Italy) 9 Comment on the proposals concerning Notozus Forster, 1853 (Hymenoptera: CHRYSIDIDAE). By L.B. Holthuis (Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, Netherlands) Replies by J.T. Huber (University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada) and D.S. Peters (Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 6 Frankfurt-M, Germany) 9 IV Opinion 1055. Gryllus hieroglyphicus Johannes Mueller (Physiologist). 1826 (Insecta; Orthoptera) suppressed under the plenary powers 11 Opinion 1056. Eudyptes atratus Finsch, 1875 ex Hutton MS (Aves) suppressed under the plenary powers 16 Opinion 1057. Donax variabilis Schunnacher. 1817 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) suppressed under the plenary powers; type-species designated for /Larona Schumacher, 1817 19 Opinion 1058. Papilio actaeon Fabricius. 1775 (Lepidoptera)' suppressed under the plenary powers 22 Opinion 1059. Calamopora Goldfuss, 1829 (Anthozoa, Tabulata): suppressed under the plenary powers 24 Opinion 1060. Diomedea leptorhyncha Coues, 1866 (Aves): suppressed under the plenary powers 27 Opinion 1061. Homoceras Hyatt, 1884 (Cephalopoda): designation of type-species 29 Opinion 1062. /\no6/i/m Fabricius, 1775; Grynoib/t/s Thonnson, 1859; Priobium Motschulsky, 1845 (Coleoptera): designation of type-species under the plenary powers 31 Opinion 1063. Lechriodus Boulenger, 1882 (Amphibia Salientia): designation of type-species 34 Opinion 1064. Ptenura Templeton, 1844: crystallina, Podura, MiJIIer, 1776 (Gollembola): suppressed under the plenary powers 36 Revived proposals for stabilizing names in the Tipula oleracea species-group (Diptera: TIPULIDAE). By A.M. Hutson, R.I. Vane-Wright and P.S. Cranston {British Museum {Natural History), London SW75BD 39 Request for the determination of the generic names of the Baboon and the Mandrill (Mammalia: Primates, CERCOPITHECIDAE). By E. Delson (Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York 10486, U.S.A.) and P.H. Napier {Department of Zoology, British Museum {Natural History), London, SW75BD, England) 46 Beyrichia M'Coy. 1846 (Crustacea: Ostracoda): request for the designation of a type-species and neotype designation for that species under the plenary powers. By David J. Siveter and P.C. Sylvester-Bradley (Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, England) 61 Reply to Dr. Krombein's comment on proposed suppression of Euplilis Risso, 1826 (Hymenoptera, SPHECIDAE) in favour of Rhopalum Stephens, 1829. By R.M. Bohart (University of California, Davis, California 95616, U.S.A.) and A.S. Menke (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, U.S.D.A., do U.S. National Museum, Washington, DC. 20560, U.S.A.) 68 Comment on application for a ruling on the availability of five specific names proposed as new for the genus Heterodera A. Schmidt, 1871 (Nematoda) in "A Preliminary key to British species of Heterodera for use in soil examination". By B.A. Cooper, 1955. By Russell M. Jeffords (8002 Beverly Hill, Houston, Texas 77063, U.S.A.) 69 Comment on the proposed suppression of Rhiniodon Smith, 1828, in favour of Rhincodon Smith, 1829. By Carl L. Hubbs (Professor of Biology Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanographiy. La Jolla, California 92093, U.S.A.; retired member of the Commission), Leonard J.V. Compagno (Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, U.S.A.) and W.I. Follett (Department of Icfitfiyology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California 94118, U.S.A.) 70 Comments on the application concerning Notozus Forster, 1853. By W.J. Pulawski (Wroclaw University, Poland) and R.M. Bohart (University of California, Davis, California 95616, U.S.A.) 71 Comment on the proposed validation of Halecium Oken, 1815. By H. Lemche (Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Universitetsparken 15, Copenfiagen, Denmark) and reply by Dr. Cornelius 72 Request for suppression and validation of names related to the ELAPIDAE (Reptilia: Serpentes). By Hobart M. Smith and Rozella B. Smith (Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 U.S.A.) 73 VI The Family-group name of the Leaf-eating Monkeys (Mammalia, Primates): proposal to give COLOBIDAE BIyth, 1875, precedence over SEMNOPITHECIDAE Owen, 1843, and PRESBYTINA Gray, 1825. By Eric Delson (Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York 10468, U.S.A.) 85 Xiphiurus Smith, 1847, proposed suppression in favour of Genypterus Philippi, 1857 (Pisces, OPHIDIIDAE), By C Richard Robins and Robert N. Lea (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33149, U.S.A.) 90 International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature - Financial Report and Accounts 1 974 93 Should microform methods be accepted as valid methods of publication under the code? By R.V. Melville (Secretary, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature) 98 Pleurocera Rafinesque, 1818 (Gastropoda); proposed deisignation of type-species under the plenary powers. By R.V. Melville (Secretary, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature) 1 05 International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature - Financial Report and Accounts 1 975 113 Proposed conservation of the Family-group name ERIOCOCCIDAE Cockerell, 1899 (Insecta, Homoptera) and the designation of a type-species for Eriococcus Targioni-Tozzetti, 1868 under the plenary powers. By Douglass R. Miller (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, U.S.D.A., Beltsville, Md.) and D.J. Williams (Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, London) 118 Tanystropheus H. von Meyer [1852] (Reptilia): revised request for conservation under the plenary powers. By Rupert Wild (Staatllches Museum fur Naturkunde, Arsenalplatz 3, 7140 Ludwigsburg, Germany) 1 24 Application for the suppression of the name Sminthopsis murina var. constricta Spencer, 1896 (Marsupialia, DASYURIDAE): By M. Archer (Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) 127 Obituary: Hilbrand Boschma 1 34 VII Comment: Pan and Panthera or Oken's Lehrbuch? By P. Hershkovitz (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois 60605), and reply to P. Hershkovitz by G.B. Corbet, J.E. Hill, J.M. Ingles and P.H. Napier (British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW75BD) 135 Comments on Giraffa camelopardalis australis Rhoads, 1896 (Mammalia). By L.B. Holthuis (Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, Netherlands) and A.I. Dagg (University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1) 136 Comments on a Challenge to the family name ATTACIDAE (Insecta: Lepidoptera). By I.W.B. Nye, D.S. Fletcher and A. Watson (British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD) and C. Lemaire (do Laboratoire d'Entomologie, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 45 rue de Buffon, 75005, Paris) 137 Comments on the revised application for a ruling on the stem of the Family-group name based on the type-genus Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758. By W.I. Follett and L.J. Dempster (California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California 94118, U.S.A.) and C, Richard Robins (Chairman, Committee on Names of Fishes, American Fisheries Society and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists; Maytag Professor of Ichthyology, School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami) 1 42 Comments on CIRCINAE Sundevall, 1836 (Aves) versus CIRCINAE Dall, 1895 (Mollusca). By E. Eisenmann (American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. 10024, U.S.A.); G.N. Kashin (Prospect Vernadskogo No. 61, app. 53, Moscow 117415, U.S.S.R.), R.K.