More Bulleted List Weirdness (TCS3)

I have a linked FrameMaker book into my RH9 project. I'm using the RHStyleMapping.css for all my topics. My Frame styles are linked to a RH style (source) and I'm using the 'convert Autonumber to HTML List' setting for both levels. I'm outputting to AIRHelp browser based help.
In Frame I have 2 levels of bulleted lists.
My converted styles are:
p.FM_Bulleted
p.FM_Bulleted_indent
When these topics are converted, something strange is happening to my second level indent. Here is the style used in a section of a numbered list:
This is how it should be.
However, where I have used the same style in the middle of my first level bulleted list, it comes out like this (from Telnet to rlogin):
When I look at the HTML for the generated page (the WYSIWYMG is ok), what seems to be happening is that the '_' between Bulleted and indent in p.FM_Bulleted_indent is being removed when included as part of a bulleted list, causing the problem.
Any ideas how this can be happening?
Mark

Welcome to the paragraph composer. InDesign's text composition engine is
far more advanced than XPress'. It looks at the entire paragraph.
You can turn it off, but I don't advise it. Instead, if you need words
to stay together, use a no break attribute (create a character style for
it).
You say it's off, but there's no way it would be acting that way if it
were. Look in the paragraph panel and the paragraph styles.
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