Rules for Eenderinfj the Nomenclature of Zoology Uniform. 359 



Zcnophasia, poiocepliala, must, according to the laws of etymology, be 

 spelt jEpycnemia, Xenophasia, and poeocep I a la. In Latinizing modern 

 words, the rules of classic usage do not apply, and all that Ave can do 

 is to give to such terras as classical an appearance as we can, consist- 

 ently with the preservation of their etymology. In the case of 

 European words, whose orthography is fixed, it is best to retain the 

 original form, even though it may include letters and combinations 

 unknown in Latin. Such words for instance, as Woodward!, Kniyliti, 

 BuUocki, Esclischoltzi, would be quite unintelligible, if they were Lat- 

 inized into Vudvardi, Cnichii, BuUocci, Essolzi, etc. But words of 

 barbarous origin, having no fixed orthography, are more pliable, and 

 hence, when adopted into the Latin, they should be rendered as classical 

 in appearance as is consistent with the preservation of their original 

 sound. Thus, the words Tockiis, aicsuree, argoondat, kimdoo, etc., 

 should, when Latinized, have been written Toccm, ansiire, argunda, 

 cundu, etc. Such words ought, in all practicable cases, to have a 

 Latin termination given them, especially if they are used generically. 



In Latinizing proper names, the simplest rule appears to be to use 

 the termination us, genitive i, when the name ends with a consonant, 

 as in the above examples ; and ius, gen. il, when it ends with a vowel, 

 as Laireille, Latreillii, etc. 



In converting Greek words into Latin, the following rules must be 

 attended to : 



Greek. 



Lalin. 



When a name has been erroneously written, and its orthography 

 has been afterward amended, we conceive that the authority of the 

 original author should still be retained for the name, and not that of 

 the person who makes the correction. 



PAET II. — KECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE NOMENCLATURE 



IN FUTURE. 



The above propositions are all which, in the present state of the 

 science, it appears practicable to invest with the character of laws. 



