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... ntent at http://about.jstor.org/participate--jstor/individuals/early-journal--content. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not--for--profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. 1889.] Zoology. 447 unintelligible to foreigners, even to those who are good Latin scholars. As one of the chief advantages of the uniform Latin nomenclature of plants is that thus a sort of universal or international language is created, it is evident how much has been lost by our prtdjudiced adherence to a provincial mode of pronunciation." After much consideration and consultation with several eminent botanists, the writer determined to follow the Roman system of pronunciation in his article. He proceeds to give the essentials as to accentuation, quantity, and the pronunciation of particular letters, practically as given in the rules set forth above. "It will be as well to guard the reader against the supposition that there exists at present for botanical names any recognized standard of pronunciation from which he may imagine that this dictionary often presumes to depart. The fact is that there is no such established standard. In many cases the common text-books are utterly at variance, and the usage, not only of good gardeners, but of educated botanists is often hopelessly divergent." In but one point of importance, (and that is in fact of but minor importance,) are the rules different from those printed above. Mr. Miles says that in all cases of words commemorative of the names of men, we should pronounce the word "as nearly as possible in the way in which the name to be commemorated was sounded." Thus he would have us say Stokesi-a, not Sto-ke-si-a, Men-zies-i-i, not Mien-zi-es-i-i. We are of the opinion that the rule of the Seminar, given above, is preferable, and will in the end lead to the best results.-Charles E. Bessey. 1889.] Zoology. 447 1889.] Entomology. 45 r