This reminds me of Solem's new genus, new species from Fiji (1978 or 1982 I
believe).  The genus was named after the Baa district of Fiji and Alan goes
on to say (and I paraphrase) "I was overcome with the irresistable impulse
to anme the species humbugi".  So there really is a teeny charopid or
endodontid named Ba humbugi.
 
Kurt
 
At 01:29 PM 3/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Nachricht geschrieben von Conchologists of America List
>>Generic names can be descriptive names,
>adjectives converted into nouns (analogous to English "the red one", for
>instance), verbs converted into nouns (analogous to English "do-er", for
>instance), anagrams, or meaningless combinations of letters that please t=
>he
>author. They can also be names of people, usually converted to Latin and
>given a feminine or even a diminutive ending.<
>
>reminds me of the publication of a species named "Oxychilus hobbit" (a la=
>nd
>snail from the family Zonitidae) a few years ago. So much for all the
>Tolkien fans...
>
>Michael
>