Volume 57, Part 3, 29 September 2000, pp. 137-196 ISSN 0007-5167 SLLJn 8ZAI

The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature

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The Bulletin is published four times a year for the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature by the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, a charity (no. 211944) registered in England. The annual subscription for 2000 is £110 or $200, postage included. All manuscripts, letters and orders should be sent to: The Executive Secretary, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K. (Tel. 020 7942 5653) (e-mail: [email protected]) (http://www.iczn.org)

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE (As at 1 August 2000)

Officers President Prof A. Minelli (Italy) Vice-President Dr W. N. Eschmeyer (U.S.A.) Executive Secretary Dr P. K. Tubbs (United Kingdom)

Members Prof W. J. Bock (U.S.A.; Ornithology) Dr V. Mahnert Prof P. Bouchet (France; ) (Switzerland; Ichthyology) Prof D.J. Brothers Prof U. R. Martins de Souza (South Africa; Hymenoptera) (Brazil; Coleoptera) Dr L. R. M. Cocks (U.K.; Brachiopoda) Prof S. F. Mawatari (Japan; Bryozoa) DrH.G. Cogger (Australia; Herpetology) Prof A. Minelli (Italy; Myriapoda) Prof C. Dupuis (France; Heteroptera) Dr C. Nielsen (Denmark; Bryozoa) Dr W. N. Eschmeyer Dr L. Papp (Hungary; Diptera) (U.S.A.; Ichthyology) Prof D. J. Patterson (Australia; Protista) Mr D. Heppell (Canada; Mollusca) Prof V/. D. L. R\de(Australia; Mammalia) Dr I. M. Kerzhner (Russia; Heteroptera) Prof J. M. Savage (U.S. A; Herpetology) Prof Dr O. Kraus Prof Dr R. Schuster (Austria; Acari) (Germany; Arachnology) Prof D. X. Song (China; Hirudinea) Dr P. T. Lehtinen (Finland; Arachnology) Dr P. Stys (Czech Republic; Heteroptera) Dr E. Macpherson (Spain; Crustacea)

Secretariat Dr P. K. Tubbs (Executive Secretary and Editor) Mr J. D. D. Smith, B.Sc., B.A. (Scientific Administrator) Mrs A. Gentry, B.Sc. (Zoologist)

Officers of the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature Prof S. Conway Morris, F.R.S. (Chairman) Dr M. K. Howarth (Secretary and Managing Director)

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BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE

Volume 57, part 3 (pp. 137-196) 29 September 2000

Notices

(a) Invitation to comment. The Commission is authorised to vote on applications published in the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature six months after their publi¬ cation but this period is normally extended to enable comments to be submitted. Any zoologist who wishes to comment on any of the applications is invited to send his contribution to the Executive Secretary of the Commission as quickly as possible. (b) Invitation to contribute general articles. At present the Bulletin comprises mainly applications concerning names of particular or groups of animals, resulting comments and the Commission's eventual rulings (Opinions). Proposed amendments to the Code are also published for discussion. Articles or notes of a more general nature are actively welcomed provided that they raise nomenclatural issues, although they may well deal with taxonomic matters for illustrative purposes. It should be the aim of such contributions to interest an audience wider than some small group of specialists. (c) Receipt ofnew applications. The following new applications have been received since going to press for volume 57, part 2 (published on 30 June 2000). Under Article 82 of the Code, existing usage is to be maintained until the ruling of the Commission is published. (1) Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758 and H. punctata Miiller, 1774 (currently Otala punctata-, Mollusca,