RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION. 



In the following Catalogue every vowel is to be pronounced short, 

 unless marked long, thus e. 



Table of Vowel Sounds. 



a is to be pronounced as in the word " hat" . . . .a as in " hate." 



e . " met" e " mete." 



i "hid".. ..I .... "hide." 



o "hop" o . . . . " hope." 



u " duck". . . u . . . . " duke." 



CK or ce as e ; ei as I ; au as in " naughty." 



Two dots placed over two vowels occurring together (thus, ee) 

 show that the letters are to be pronounced as two syllables. [In the 

 Crambi and Tinea?, where the diminutive termination -ellus, or 

 -ella, is usually added to the root of the name, and is often imme- 

 diately preceded by a vowel, the dots have generally been omitted ; 

 but in all such cases the vowels are to be pronounced as two sylla- 

 bles : thus, Regiella, pron. Re-gi- el-la, not Re-giel-la.~] 



Table of Consonant Sounds. 



c is to be pronounced hard, as fc. 



p soft, as s. 



ch , hard, as k : except when (in names from the 



German) preceded by s, in which case the sch is equivalent 

 to sh, and is printed sph ; thus Frischella, pron. as Frishella. 



g is to be pronounced hard, as in " gate." 



g soft, as in " gem." 



The position of the accent ( ' ) shows where stress is to be laid, 

 viz. on the syllable preceding the accent. 



