Abstract
A number of cases of specific names of animals of various groups, formed with an incorrect genitive ending, or without a genitive ending when one might better have been used, are cited; correct forms are given, and the whole subject is discussed. An addition to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is recommended and a plea made for more care in forming names. The decline of classicism in recent years has brought us to the point where a zoologist, at least in the United States, can complete university training without having to know the meaning and use of the genitive case in Latin. It is therefore of small wonder that the application of Article ll.g.i.3 and 4 of the Code, covering 2 of the 4 kinds of permissible specific names, is far from con-
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