Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 329 
OPINION 835 
MELANOPLUS STAL, 1873, ACRYD/UM FEMURRUBRUM DE GEER, 
1773, AND GRYLLUS SANGUINIPES FABRICIUS, 1798 (INSECTA, 
ORTHOPTERA): ADDED TO THE OFFICIAL LISTS 
RULING. — (1) The generic name Melanoplus Stal, 1873 (gender: mascu- 
line), type-species by designation by Scudder, 1897, Acrydium femurrubrum 
de Geer, 1 773, is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology 
with the Name Number 1775. 
(2) The following specific names are hereby placed on the Official List of 
Specific Names in Zoology with the Name Numbers specified : 
{a) femurrubrum de Geer, 1773, as published in the binomen Acrydium 
femurrubrum (type-species of Melanoplus Stal, 1873) (Name No. 
2220); 
(b) sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798, as published in the binomen Gryllus san- 
guinipes (Name No. 2221). 
HISTORY OF THE CASE (Z.N.(S.) 1695) 
The present case was submitted to the office of the Commission by Drs. 
D. K. McE. Kevan and V. R. Vickery in February 1965. The application was 
sent to the printer on 22 February 1965 and was published on 18 May 1965 in 
Bull. zool. Nomencl. 22 : 105-107. The proposals were supported by Dr. 
K. H. L. Key and Dr. R. L. Edwards (Bull. zool. Nomencl. 23 : 76). In his 
comment Dr. Key drew attention to a misunderstanding by the authors con- 
cerning the application of Article 23b of the Code. 
DECISION OF THE COMMISSION 
On 20 July 1967 the Members of the Commission were invited to vote under 
the Three-Month Rule on Voting Paper (67)28 either for or against the proposal 
set out in Bull. zool. Nomencl. 22 : 106. At the close of the prescribed voting 
period on 20 October 1967 the state of the voting was as follows: 
Affirmative votes — twenty-one (21), received in the following order: China, 
Holthuis, Yokes, Sabrosky, Lemche, Evans, Obruchev, Boschma, Mayr, 
Brinck, Simpson, Munroe, Tortonese, do Amarai, Uchida, Jaczewski, Mertens, 
Kraus, Alvarado, Ride, Forest. 
Negative votes — one (1): Binder. 
Yoting Papers not returned — one (1): Hubbs. 
Professor Bonnet returned a late affirmative vote. 
The following comments were made by Commissioners in returning their 
votes : 
Bull. zool. Nomencl., Vol. 24, Part 6. January 1968. 
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Prof. E. Mayr (18.viii.67): " It seems to me that Art. 23b does not strictly 
apply to this case since the junior synonym (bililuratus) was used for the migra- 
tory grasshopper only for the four years 1958-1961, and not for a fifty-year 
period." 
Prof. P. Brinck (18.viii.67): "This is a very attractive solution of the 
problem." 
Dr. W. D. L. Ride (19.x. 67): "The Commission is being asked to apply 
Art. 23b, but its hand has been forced by those who have chosen to disregard 
Art. 23b (ii). This case serves to emphasize the importance of urgent action 
(both by ' discoverers ' and by the Commission) in respect of cases involving 
this Article. Names in suspension under Article 23b (ii) can only result in a 
state of instability in nomenclature until their future is decided. Moreover, any 
published use of any name for such a taxon during the period of suspension of 
its oldest name must influence the subsequent decision by the Commission which 
must take into account universality and usage." 
Original References 
The following are the original references for names placed on Official Lists 
by the Ruling given in the present Opinion: 
femurrubrum, Acrydium, de Geer, 1773, Mem. Hist. Ins. 3 : 498, pi. 42, fig. 5 
Melanoplus Stal, 1873, Recens. Ortli. 1 : 79 
sanguinipes, Gryllus, Fabricius, 1798, Suppl. Ent. syst.: 195. 
The following is the original reference for the designation of a type-species 
for a genus concerned in the present Ruling: 
For Melanoplus Stal, 1873: Scudder, 1897, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 20 : 122. 
CERTIFICATE 
I certify that the votes cast on Voting Paper (67)28 were cast as set out above, 
that the proposal contained in that Voting Paper has been duly adopted, and 
that the decision so taken, being the decision of the International Commission, 
is truly recorded in the present Opinion No. 835. 
W. E. CHINA 
Acting Secretary 
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 
London 
30 October 1967