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F.— Transcription of Greek Words. 



The following table indicates the manner in which Greek w^ords 

 should be transcribed. 



— Hyalea, not Hyalaea. 



— Pirena, nof Pirina. 



— Pirena, not Pirene. 



— Tethys, nof Tetys. 



— Balia, no/ Balea. 



— Hippocrena, not Hippochrenes. 



— Xenns, Xenophora. 



— Pterum. 



— Hybolithus, not Hibolites. 



— Limnaea, not Limnea. 



— Glaucus. 



— Chilostomum, not Cheilostoma. 



— Eurus. 



— Dioeca, Dendroeca, not Dioica, 

 Dendroica. 



final 01' = ///// (ecfuTTTTLov) — ■ Ephippium, not Ephippion. 



final O', = 7/.S- ('6/x<^a/Vo«) — Euomphalus, not Euom[)halos. 



ov = « (AovTr^ptov) — Luterium, not Loterium. 



yy = ng (ayyapeta) — Angaria. 



yX = nc/i (ayxto"TO|U,ov) — Anchistomum, «<?/ Angistoma. 



yK z= nc (ayKio-rpov) — Ancistrodon, not Agkistrodon. 



p = rA (/oea) — ■ Rhea. 



k = he (^epfxaLo) — Hermaea, not Ermaea. 



G. —Transcription of Geographic and Proper Names. 



The geographic names of nations which employ the Latin char- 

 acters are to be written with the orthography of the country in which 

 they originate. 



The following rules apply only to the geographic names of 

 countries which have no true alphabet or which use letters that are 

 different from the Latin alphabet. 



Names of places, however, which have been established by long 

 usage, preserve their usual orthography. Examples : Algiers, Moscow. 



I. — The vowels a, e, /, and o, are pronounced as in French, 

 Italian, Spanish, or German. The letter e is never mute. 



2. — The French sound u is represented by u with dieresis, as in 

 German. 



3. — The French sound 02^ is represented by u as in Italian, 

 Spanish, German, etc. 



