THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 127.] SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1869 
EUPHONY, 
OuB readers are by this time, no doubt, 
tolerably familiar with the ‘ Accentuated 
List of British Lepidoptera,’ published 
by the Entomological Societies of Ox- 
ford and Cambridge. 
The authors of that useful and in- 
teresting work have, however, totally 
ignored the existence of such a thing 
as JEuphony. 
Names have no doubt been know- 
ingly formed, not according to the most 
perfect rules of construction, but toler- 
ably correct, and also pleasant to pro- 
nounce; thus Oliviella is a sweeter 
sound than Olivierella. But when the 
classic student stands forth for rigid 
purity, then comes the tug of war. 
The name Oliviella had already at- 
tracted the attention of a Zeller, who 
brought to bear on it such a weight 
of subtle criticism as is perfectly 
startling to any one unacquainted 
with the profound erudition and acute 
reasoning powers possessed generally 
by the German philosophers, “ Since 
the name of the naturalist after whom 
this species was called was Olivier, the 
Fabrician name of the moth requires 
to be corrected. According to the 
usual Latinity of naturalists, it should 
[Price Iti. 
become Olivierella. However, the ter- 
mination arius in French becomes aire, 
erius becomes iere, orius becomes oire, 
as, for example, Voltaire, Cimetiere, 
Gregoire ; consequently, if we change 
Olivier (Oliviere) back again, it be- 
comes Oliverius, and consequently the 
above-mentioned name will become 
Oliveriella, or Oliverii.” 
Now Oxford and Cambridge com- 
bined typify only the “ usual latinity 
of naturalists,” since they only suggest 
Olivierella, whilst the purer classic 
proposes Oliveriella ; the difference is 
not much, but is perplexing, and when 
doctors differ . For our own 
part, we think Oliviella sounds much 
better, and for the sake of Euphony 
we shall retain that name. 
But, alas for poor Christiernin ! never 
was a poor man’s name so tortured: 
it might have been thought bad enough 
that the insect named after him, being 
of a peculiar form, and being placed 
first amongst the Tortrices and then 
among the Tinesc, found its name 
varied from Christiernana to Chrislier- 
nella. Professor Zeller discovered that 
both were wrong, and that the un- 
fortunate captor having been called 
Christiernin, the name of the moth 
should therefore be henceforth Ckris- 
tiernini. Now the Oxford Puritans will 
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