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who have preceded them. The ornithologists, however, have fixed upon 
the common names of birds and the manner of writing them through 
the work of a committee appointed for the purpose. As a result, the 
names are similarly compounded and capitalized throughout. Class or 
group words, such as hawk, sparrow, wren, jay, and the like, are capi- 
talized always or they are written with the modifying word without a 
hyphen, as Nighthawk, Kingfisher, ete. 
I give below a list of common names of insects in which each name 
is written in three different ways in parallel columns. In the left-hand 
column the hyphen is used in each case, and the word following is 
written with a small letter. Im the middle column the hyphen is 
dropped and the word following it is capitalized. In the right-hand 
column both hyphen and capital are dropped and the two words are 
written as one. A glance at these columns will convince anyone that 
no one of these methods will do for all cases. 
I have italicised the method of writing the different names that I 
like best, except in a few cases where there are two methods that I 
like equally well, and then I have italicised both. If these names 
were chosen they would correspond to the method of writing common 
names of birds by the American Ornithologists’ Union. 
I have tried to make the following list a representative one, so that if 
the best method of writing this list could be decided upon it would serve 
as a guide to the writing of nearly all other common names. Would it 
not be well to have a committee of the Association of Economic Ento- 
mologists appointed to consider the matter of vernacular names and 
report at the present meeting? 
LIST OF VERNACULAR NAMES. 
Aphis-lion. Aphis Lion. Aphislion. 
Ant-lion. Ant Lion. Antlion. 
Apple maggot. Apple Maggot. Applemaggot. 
Apple-weevil. Apple Weevil. Appleweevil. 
Angoumois Grain-moth. Angoumois Grain Moth. Angoumois Grainmoth. 
Bag-worm. Bag Worm. Baqworm., 
Black-tly. Black Fly. Blackfly. 
Bee-flies. Bee Flies. Beeflies. 
Bee-louse. Bee Louse. Beelouse. 
Bed-bug. Bed Bug. Bedbug. 
Blister-beetle. 
Bark-louse. 
Bot-fly. 
Bud-moth. 
Black Swallow-tail. 
Boll-worm. 
Bristle-tails. 
Cut-worm. 
Caddice-tly. 
Carpenter-bee. 
Chinch-bug. 
Cabbage-buttertly. 
Blister Beetle. 
Bark Louse. 
Bot Fly. 
Bud Moth. 
Black Swallow Tail. 
Boll Worm. 
Bristle Tails. 
Cut Worm. 
Caddice Fly. 
Carpenter Bee. 
Chinch Bug. 
Cabbage Butterfly. 
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Blisterbeetle. 
Barklouse. 
Botfly. 
Budmoth. 
Black Swallowtail. 
Bollworm. 
Bristletails. 
Cutworm, 
Caddicetly. 
Carpenterbee. 
Chinchbug. 
Cabbagebuttertly. 
