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these names: Bruesia, Candesea, Dejeania, Guerinia, Latreillia, 

 Macquartia, Meigenia, Rondania, Schineria, Schonherria, Scud- 

 deria, Stalia. 



As we have seen the quantity of the radical syllables can often 

 not be determined by rule and must be ascertained by the labori- 

 ous process of searching Greek and Latin dictionaries. Certain 

 terminations, however, have a common pronunciation, and when 

 used as derivative endings, not as part of the root, give a clew as 

 to accent. 



Thus the long penult occurs in : 



-etes, -etus, -etis. 



CoUetes, Corynetes, Colymbetes, Nomaretus, Trypeta, 

 Eutreta, Syneta, Lithe colletis. (But Drdpetis.) 

 -ites, -ita, -itis. 



JEgialites, Myodltes, Rhodltes, Rhinchltes, SphcErltes, Ne- 

 hritus, Coptodita, Galenta, Omoslta, Trogoslta, Dorltis, 

 Limenltis, Pyrltis. 

 -odes, -oda. 



Aleyrodes, Oncodes, Orneddes, Pissodes, Psychoda, Lyroda. 

 -otus, -otes, -ota, -otis. 



Chrysotus, Odontota, Pyrgota, Xylota, Chyphotes, Luciddta, 

 ■ Plusidtis. 

 -anus. 



Lucanus, Silvanus, Tabanus. (These are of Latin origin. 

 The Greek Stephanus, Drepana, Idana, have a short penult. 

 Chrysophanus has a long penult from the Greek phaino.) 

 The short penult occurs in : 

 -ulus, -ula. 



Pipunculus, Plenoculus, Forficula, Libellula, Nitidula, Tipula. 

 -olus, -ola. 



Epeolus, Mayetlola, Reduvlolus, Tineola. (Minedla is ap- 

 parently an Indian name.) 

 -alus, -ela. 



Anowiala, Hdrpalus, Lidncalus, TAhalus Cistela Riitela 

 (Latin, rutilis) . Hepialus is in Greek Hepiolos and belongs 

 in the preceding section. In Pteromalus and Catocala the 

 long a belongs to the stem. 



