8 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



Specific and subspecific names are written and printed with a small 

 initial letter. Thus in writing the name of a species the generic 

 name is capitalized, the specific name not ; e,g.y Iphiclides ajax. 



The names of families end in idee; the names of subfamilies, in 



It will aid the student greatly in the pronunciation of family and 

 subfamily names to know that the /of -idee in family names is short, 

 and consequently the accent falls on the syllable preceding this 

 letter; while the /of -mcs oi subfamily names is long, and is conse- 

 quently accented.* Numerous examples are given in the following 

 pages. 



* This in accordance with the rule of Latin grammar that in words of more 

 than two syllables the penult if long is accented; but if the penult is short the 

 accent falls on the antepenult. 



