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10. 



Generic and subgencric names are subject to tbe same rules and 

 recommendations, and from a nomenclatural standpoint they are 

 coordinate. 



III. Specific Names. 

 11. 



Specific names, whether substantives or adjectives, must in every 

 case be uninominal. This does not, however, exclude the use of 

 compound proper names indicating dedication or compound words 

 indicating a comparison ; such words are written as one word with 

 or without the hyphen. 



Examples: Sancta-Catharince, Jan-May eni, cornu-pastoris, cor- 

 anguinum, cedo-nulli. 



12. 



Specific names are of three kinds : — 



a. Adjectives which must agree grammatically with the generic 

 name. 



Examples : Carabus auratus, Felts marmorata, Emys Belliana. 



b. Substantives in the nominative in apposition with the generic 

 name. 



Examples : Felis Jeo, Sphinx elpenor. 



c. Substantives in the genitive, such as those given in dedication 

 to persons or groups of persons. 



The genitive is formed by adding an i to the exact name of the 

 person if a man, an ce in case the person is a woman. In case the 

 name in question is one which was employed and declined in Latin, 

 it follows the rules of declination. It is placed in the plural when 

 the dedication is made to a group of persons. 



13. 



Majority (Blanchard, Jentink, Stiles) : 



While it is desirable to avoid the repetition of the generic name 

 as a specific name (Perdix perdix, Trutta trutta), such repetition is 

 not sufficient grounds for rejecting or changing either the generic or 

 the specific name, The same principle applies to the repetition 

 of the specific name as subspecific or varietal name (Ambly stoma 

 Jeffersonia mini Jefferso nia man). 



Minority (Carus, Sclater) : 



Specific names, when used as generic, must be changed. 



14. 



Specific and subspecific names are subject to the same rules and 

 recommendations, and from a nomenclatural standpoint they are 

 coordinate. 



