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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; eg., Iphiclides ajax. 
The names of families end in idee; the names of subfamilies, in 
ince. 
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 i of -ince of 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. 
