1 BulletinofZoologicalNomenclature48(3)September199 263 OPINION 1652 Griffithides Portlock, 1843(Trilobita): Griffithideslongiceps Portlock, 1843confirmed asthetypespecies, and Bollandia Reed, 1943(Trilobita): conserved Ruling (1) Undertheplenarypowersalldesignationsoftypespeciesforthenominalgenus Griffithides Portlock, 1843 prior to that by Vogdes (1890) of Griffithides longiceps Portlock, 1843areherebysetaside. (2) ThefollowingnamesareherebyplacedontheOfficialListofGenericNamesin Zoology: (a) Bollandia Reed, 1943 (gender: feminine), type species by original designation AsaphusglobicepsPhillips, 1836; (b) Griffithides Portlock, 1843 (gender: masculine), type species by subsequent designation by Vogdes (1890) Griffithides longiceps Portlock, 1843, as ruled in(1)above. (3) Thefollowingnamesareherebyplacedon theOfficial ListofSpecificNamesin Zoology: (a) globicepsPhillips, 1836,aspublishedinthebinomenAsaphusglobiceps(specific nameofthetypespecieso^BollandiaReed. 1943); (b) longiceps Portlock, 1843, as published in the binomen Griffithides longiceps (specificnameofthetypespeciesoiGriffithidesPortlock, 1843). HistoryofCase2762 An application for the confirmation ofGriffithides longiceps Portlock, 1843 as the typespecieso{GriffithidesPortlock, 1843wasreceivedfromDrGerhardHahn(Institut fiirGeologicundPaldontologie,Marburg. Germany)on26February 1990.Aftercorre- spondencethecasewaspublishedin BZN47: 114-116(June 1990). Noticeofthecase wassenttoappropriatejournals. Comments in support from Sir James Stubblefield [Ealing, London, U.K.) and ProfH.B. Whittington[UniversityofCambridge, Cambridge, U.K.)werepubHshedin BZN 47: 216 (September 1990). Further comments in support from Dr B.A. Engel [University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia), Dr. C. Brauckmann [Wuppertal Fuhlrott-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany) and Mr S.F. Morris [The Natural History Museum, London, U.K.) were published in BZN 47: 293 (December 1990). A further comment in support was received from Drs N.J. Riley & A.W.A. Rushton [British GeologicalSurvey Keyworth, U.K.). , DecisionoftheCommission On 6 March 1991 the members of the Commission were invited to vote on the proposalspublished in BZN47: 115. Atthecloseofthevotingperiod on 6June 1991 thevoteswereasfollo—ws: Affirmative votes 26: Bayer, Bock, Cocks, Cogger, Corliss, Dupuis, Hahn, Halvorsen, Heppell. Holthuis, Kabata, Kraus. Lehtinen, Macpherson, Mahnert, Martins de Souza. Minelli, Mroczkowski, Nielsen, Nye, Ride, Savage, Schuster, Thompson,Ueno,Willink 264 BulletinofZoologicalNomenclature48(3)September1991 — Negativevotes none. NovoteswerereceivedfromStarobogatovandTrjapitzin. Originalreferences Thefollowingare theoriginal referencesto thenamesplaced onOfficial Listsbytheruling giveninthepresentOpinion: BollandiaReed, 1943,AnnalsandMagazineofNaturalHistory,(11)10:62. globiceps,Asaphus,Phillips, 1836,IllustrationsofthegeologyofYorkshire:or,adescriptionofthe strataandorganic remains:accompaniedbyageologicalmap,sections,and diagrams,and figuresofthefossils,part2(TheMountainLimestoneDistrict),p.240. GriffithidesPortlock, 1843, Reporton thegeologyofthecountyofLondonderry,andofpartsof TyroneandFermanagh,p.310. longiceps,Grijfithides,Portlock, 1843,ReportonthegeologyofthecountyofLondonderry,andof partsofTyroneandFermanagh,p.310. ThefollowingisthereferenceforthedesignationofGriffithideslongicepsPortlock,1843asthe typespeciesofthenominalgenusGriffithidesPortlock, 1843: Vogdes,A.W. 1890.BulletinoftheUnitedStatesGeologicalSurvey,63: 116.