Bull. zool. Norn., vol. 43, pt 1, April 1986 37 OPINION 1379 GONODONTIS RECTISECTARIA HERRICH-SCHAFFER, [1855] DESIGNATED AS TYPE SPECIES OF PERO HERRICH-SCHAFFER, 1855 (INSECTA, LEPIDOPTERA) RULING. — (1) Under the plenary powers all designations of type species hitherto made for the nominal genus Pero Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 are hereby set aside and Gonodontis rectisectaria Herrich-Schaffer, [1855] is hereby designated as type species of that genus. (2) The name Pero Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 (gender: feminine), type species by designation under the plenary powers in (1) above Gonodontis rectisectaria Herrich-Schaffer, [1855] is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. (3) The name rectisectaria Herrich-Schaffer, [1855] as pubHshed in the binomen Gonodontis rectisectaria (specific name of the type species of Pero Herrich-Schaffer, 1855) is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology. HISTORY OF THE CASE Z.N.(S.)2436 An application for the designation of Gonodontis rectisectaria Herrich-Schaffer, [1855] as the type species o^ Pero Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 (together with proposals to designate Phalaena bellatrix Stoll, 1 780 as type species of Crinodes Herrich-Schaffer, 1855) was first received from Dr D. S. Fletcher and Dr I. W. B. Nye {British Museum (Natural History), London) on 1 March 1983. After some correspondence a sHghtly revised draft was sent to the printer on 20 July 1983 and published in Bull. zool. Norn., vol. 40, pp 231-236. Public notice of the possible use of the plenary powers in the case was given in the same part of the Bulletin as well as to ten general and nine entomological serials. A supportive comment was received from Dr J. D. Holloway (Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, London) and published in Bull. zool. Nom., vol. 41, p. 72. Further unpublished support was received from Dr H. Banziger {Chiang Mai University, Thailand), Dr P. Viette {Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris) and Dr H. Inoue {Otsuma Women's University, Japan). DECISION OF THE COMMISSION On 16 September 1985 the members of the Commission were invited to vote under the Three-Month Rule on Voting Paper (1985) 52 for or against the proposals set out in Bull. zool. Nom. vol. 40, p. 233, 1(b), 2(b), 3(b). At the close of the voting period on 16 December 1985 the state of the voting was as follows:
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