406 ADDENDA. 



8. (b) CYPRINELLA, Girard. 



1. C. forbesi, Jordan. FORBES' RED- FISH. Body 

 short, very deep, much compressed, the depth 3 in 

 length; color in life chiefly red, a violet crescent behind 

 opercle; fins plain red; head and caudal peduncle pro- 

 fusely tuberculate; A. I, 8; lat. 1. 35; teeth 4- 4. South- 

 ern Illinois, an elegant little fish. 



On page 223, et. seq. Generic names ending in the 

 Greek neuter roots "soma" "sterna" " isina" etc., 

 have been in this work considered as Latin feminine 

 nouns, and the adjective has been made to agree with 

 them accordingly, as " Boleosoma, maculata" " Eiheos- 

 toma flabellaris" This was done in deference to cer- 

 tain recent authorities in classical matters, who regard 

 such latinized words ending in a as feminine. It is 

 probably better, however, to follow the common custom, 

 and to consider them as neuter, until some other rule is 

 definitely adopted. 



