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(2) Genders of gcnora. Ovo'STOSC'E'Liaf nlifjinosus ior -nnsn; Grapuosoma Zineatttm 
toi'-ata; DiPSOOOBis alicnum for -enus ;* Aoantuosoma /icoitoi-r/ioicJaZe for 
•dalis ; Aoetkopis carinatus for -nata ; CiMPTOBEOcnis punctnlatus for 
■lata. The Greek KoBia, " bug," is masculine ; other forms ending in -is 
should bo feminine, except in a few special cases. Minis is a fancy-word, and 
has no gender. 
(3) Compounds involving verbs in the 1st person singular present indicative, instead 
of the radix. They may in general be easily rectified : — 
PiEZODOEUS should be written Piestodorus. 
PlEZOSTETHUS „ PlESTOSTETHUa. 
Temnostethus „ Tmetostetutjs or Stethotomus. 
Systellonotus „ Systolonotus, 
Plattnopus „ Platypus (if not preoccupied in 
Mamynalia). 
(4) Compounds of two nouns, whereof the first is a mutilated form of the nominative 
case, instead of the radix. Substituting this latter, we obtain — 
For EirSAECORIS, . ^ . . EUSAECOCOEIS. 
„ Teopicoeis, .... Teopidocoeis. 
„ RnAPHiGASTEE, . . . Rhaphidogastee. 
„ ElASMOSTETHTTS, • . . ElASMATOSTETHUS. 
„ Myemecoeis, .... Myemecocoeis. 
„ Ceealeptus, .... Cbeatoleptus. 
„ Teopistethus, . . . Teopidostethus. 
„ Myemedobia, ...-,. Mybmedonobia. 
(5) Hybrid words, half Latin and half Greek 5 ex. gr., AeenocoeiS for PSAMMOCOEIS. 
(6) Compounds of two nouns, in which the subject is placed first, and the subordinate 
idea last, thereby destroying the sense. Let anyone try this inversion upon 
the English compounds " London-Bridge," " watch-pocket," " slieep- stealer,' ' 
" hlack-heetle" " Hack-guard," etc., and the result will be similar to that of — 
CORIMELiENA for MeEANOCOEIS. 
Deeephysia „ Physodeea. 
(7) Compounds of two nomis, of which the first is not in the radical form, and which 
are not joined by the proper letter of connection, viz., O in Greek, and If in 
Latin. Nearly the same as class (4). Ex. gr. : — 
Cyllecoeis for Cyllocoeis. 
ACETROPIS „ ACOTEOPIS. 
GOWIANOTDS „ GONIONOTUS, 
CARDiASTEinus „ Caediostethus. 
* It may not be entirely useless if I explain here (though explanation is, perliaps, scarcely required) 
the reason for the masculine termination of the species of genera compounded of the word Koitis, as 
my previous remarks on Acanthosoma may possibly seem at variance witli tliis correction. 
DiP8CCORis = "tliirst-bug;'' a compound noun substantive, which, therefore, must have some 
gender or other. It takes its gender from the subject (i. e., " bug "), and not from the accessory idea. 
AcANTHOS0MA = " spiny-bodied;" a compound noun adjective, agreeing with some substantive 
understood, or supposed to be understood, and, in this instance, from the termination, supposed to be 
feminine. If it were masculine, we should have required Acanthosomus ; if neuter, Acanthosomum. 
It will be readily seen that there is no analogy between words like Dipsocoris and words like 
Acanthosoma. The former involves both subject and predicate; the subject is a bug, whereof it is 
predicated that he is thirsty. In Acanthosoma the subject is not contained, but understood, and con- 
ventionally made feminine ; and of this subject It is predicated that it has a spiny body. Body is not 
the subject, but part of the predicate. — T. A. M. 
1 Yet aWo-maculatus, nigro-cinctus, etc., are admis.ilble ; being in fact two words, and not 
compounded. As compounds, we should write albipes, nigriceps, etc. — T. A. M. 
