Excerpt from Coleopterological Notices, Vol. 2

As generic and Specific words are mere symbols for the designation of a species, it seems desirable that they should be withdrawn as far as possible from exceptions to general rules of grammar, and, that in this respect at least, they should be treated in the abstract as mere aggregations of letters. The rules of gender should be made uniform, so that generic symbols ending in a certain manner shall demand a certain definite and invariable gender in the specific symbol.

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