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this tribe, at which time, and till very lately, I was unacquainted. 
with this discovery of Rossi’s, I observed that it was doubtful to 
what order it ought to be referred*, though I was unwilling at 
that time to speak too positively on the subject. The opinion to 
which I then inclined has lately received full confirmation from 
one of the most experienced and able entomologists of the pre- 
sent day, M. Latreille, who thus, in one of his last works, ex- 
presses himself upon this subject: ** Insectum prorsus singulare 
(Stylops Melitte Dom. Kirby) a Dom. Brebisson accepi. Pigeon 
entomologica perturbare videtur, cum ex omnibus ordinibus repellatur. 
Xenos Vesparum Rossi animal precedenti affine et animum SRE 
excrucians. -Tempus ducamus et dies alteri lucem afferrent4." The 
time he predicts in the latter part of this paragraph seems now 
arrived ; for, if any shadow of doubt or hesitation remained in 
my mind, it has been dispelled by my valuable friend and cor- 
respondent the learned and ingenious Professor of Natural Hi- 
story in Harward University, Cambridge, New England, William 
Dandridge Peck, Esq.t who has sent me specimens of an insect 
of this tribe still more singular and wonderful in its structure than 
my Stylops Melitte, and which appears to be of the same genus 
with Rossi’s Xenos Vesparum, although, as far as I can judge from 
his description, a distinct species: this he has accompanied by 
elegant drawings both of the larva and perfect insect, and such 
Observations as he had an opportunity of making; from which, I 
think, it will clearly appear, every circumstance being taken into 
—* Monogr. Ap. Angl. vol. ii. p. 112. 
+ Genera Crustac. et Insect. tom. iv. p. ult. 
+ This gentleman has published an admirable little tract, in which he gives, in the 
manner of Reaumur and De Geer, the history of a Tenthredo that infests the cherry-trees 
in New England ; which shows that, had he leisure to devote himself more to Entomology, 
he would enrich that science with invaluable treasures. This little work is entitled The 
Natural History of the Slug-worm. Boston, 1799, pp. 14. 
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