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   North 
  America. 
  Putris 
  and 
  palustris 
  were 
  used 
  by 
  Linne 
  and 
  Draparnaud: 
  j 
  

   Succinea 
  putris, 
  Lymnaea 
  palustris. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  adjectives 
  in 
  "er", 
  like 
  puter, 
  adult, 
  pauper, 
  poor 
  , 
  to 
  

   which 
  can 
  be 
  added 
  anceps, 
  double 
  , 
  princeps, 
  chief 
  , 
  have 
  only 
  one 
  form 
  

   for 
  the 
  three 
  genders: 
  Puncture 
  11a 
  pauper, 
  Aspella 
  anceps, 
  ArchiteuthiM 
  

   princeps. 
  Chione 
  pubera 
  of 
  conchologists 
  should 
  be 
  Chione 
  puber 
  in 
  cor- 
  

   rect 
  Latin, 
  

  

  Adjectives 
  or 
  present 
  participles 
  in 
  "ans, 
  ens", 
  like 
  irradians, 
  

   significans, 
  elegans, 
  nigrescens, 
  virescens, 
  nitens, 
  and 
  adjectives 
  in 
  

   "ajc, 
  ex, 
  ix, 
  ox, 
  ar, 
  es, 
  odes, 
  oides", 
  like 
  phenax, 
  simplex, 
  trilix, 
  

   velox, 
  dispar, 
  hebes, 
  teres, 
  syngenes, 
  zacalles, 
  azelotes, 
  phrixodes, 
  

   nuculoides, 
  remain 
  unchanged 
  in 
  the 
  three 
  genders. 
  The 
  ending 
  "oidea" 
  

   is 
  sometimes 
  used 
  for 
  "oides"; 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  the 
  feminine 
  

   of 
  a 
  masculine 
  "oideus" 
  and 
  neuter 
  "oideum". 
  

  

  Adjectives 
  in 
  "is" 
  and 
  compounds 
  of 
  "-cornis, 
  -formis" 
  have 
  but 
  

   two 
  forms, 
  "is" 
  for 
  the 
  masculine 
  and 
  feminine, 
  "e" 
  for 
  the 
  neuter: 
  af- 
  

   finis, 
  affinis, 
  affine; 
  fragilis, 
  fragilis, 
  fragile; 
  bipennis, 
  bipenni^ 
  

   bipenne; 
  deformis, 
  deformis, 
  deforme; 
  longicornis, 
  longicornis, 
  longi- 
  

   corne. 
  The 
  following 
  words: 
  liozonis, 
  longirostris, 
  microforis, 
  longi- 
  

   callis, 
  cuneimeris, 
  haliostrephis 
  (which, 
  as 
  it 
  means 
  sea-reared, 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  sea, 
  should 
  be 
  written 
  "haliotrephis" 
  ) 
  , 
  can 
  be 
  treated 
  like 
  

   adjectives 
  in 
  "is". 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  ending 
  "cola" 
  means 
  "dweller", 
  words 
  in 
  "cola" 
  are 
  ra- 
  

   ther 
  nouns 
  than 
  adjectives, 
  and 
  as 
  such 
  undergo 
  no 
  change 
  in 
  all 
  three 
  

   genders: 
  Murex 
  abyssicola 
  (masculine), 
  Puncturella 
  abyssicola 
  (femini- 
  

   ne), 
  Epitonium 
  rupicola 
  (neuter), 
  Cerithium 
  algicola 
  (neuter), 
  

  

  Conchologists 
  do 
  not 
  hesitate 
  to 
  use 
  as 
  specific 
  names 
  words 
  which 
  

   have 
  no 
  counterpart 
  in 
  Latin: 
  suava, 
  canilla, 
  cinca, 
  samba, 
  or 
  are 
  de- 
  

   rived 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  arbitrarily 
  from 
  Latin 
  or 
  Greek, 
  Certain 
  of 
  these 
  

   adjectives 
  are 
  undoubtedly 
  Latin, 
  like 
  symmetros 
  (masculine 
  and 
  femini- 
  

   ne), 
  symmetron 
  (neuter). 
  Many 
  take 
  a 
  Latin 
  form 
  which 
  may 
  or 
  may 
  not 
  

   be 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Greek 
  adjective: 
  alcimus, 
  brychius, 
  brychia, 
  

   atypha, 
  macra, 
  eritima, 
  chariessa, 
  glypta, 
  halibrectum; 
  aeglees 
  or 
  ae- 
  

   gleis; 
  oxia 
  (for 
  oxeia) 
  , 
  pachia 
  (for 
  pacheia), 
  amblia 
  (for 
  amble 
  i 
  a) 
  ; 
  

   acrybia 
  (for 
  acribes). 
  Some 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  masculine 
  are 
  derived 
  

   from 
  a 
  Greek 
  feminine 
  adjective: 
  tereinus, 
  timessus. 
  Others 
  are 
  formed 
  

   from 
  a 
  Greek 
  noun: 
  orixa 
  from 
  orinx, 
  thalassinum 
  from 
  thalassa, 
  cerami 
  

   da 
  from 
  cerami 
  s, 
  pharcidum 
  from 
  pharcis, 
  hystricinus 
  from 
  hystrix. 
  0- 
  

   thers 
  still 
  are 
  compounds 
  whose 
  last 
  component 
  is 
  a 
  noun 
  usually 
  havirg 
  

   an 
  ending 
  different 
  from 
  its 
  Greek 
  original: 
  microdonta, 
  liogona, 
  lis- 
  

   socona, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  keeping 
  its 
  Greek 
  form 
  or 
  taking 
  its 
  correspond- 
  

   ing 
  Latin 
  ending: 
  isocardia, 
  tenoceras, 
  callimorpha. 
  Except 
  for 
  these 
  

   last 
  compunds 
  whose 
  endings 
  are 
  not 
  really 
  altered, 
  I 
  would 
  consider 
  

   all 
  these 
  adjectives 
  as 
  belonging, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  tlaeir 
  termination, 
  to 
  

   the 
  same 
  class 
  as 
  Latin 
  adjectives 
  in 
  "us, 
  a, 
  urn", 
  or 
  "es, 
  is", 
  and 
  de- 
  

   cline 
  them 
  accordingly. 
  

  

  Specific 
  adjectives 
  are 
  sometimes 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  comparative 
  and 
  su- 
  

   perlative. 
  

  

  In 
  Latin 
  the 
  comparative 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  adding 
  "ior" 
  for 
  the 
  mascu- 
  

   line 
  and 
  feminine, 
  "ius" 
  for 
  the 
  neuter, 
  to 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  genitive 
  

   singular: 
  latus, 
  genitive 
  lat-i, 
  comparative 
  latior, 
  latius; 
  niger, 
  ge- 
  

   nitive 
  nigr-i, 
  nigrior, 
  nigrius; 
  pulcher, 
  genitive 
  pulchr-i, 
  pulchrior. 
  

  

  