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the confusion has originated in consequence of 

 Entomologists attending too rigidly to the tarsal 

 system : a better classification can only be satisfac- 

 torily attempted when the larvae of the different 

 genera are more accurately known. 



ANisoTOMiDiE, Stephens. 



Anisotoma, Fahricius. 



Sp. 1 . Ferruginea. — I retain the Fabrician name 

 of Anisotoma in the place of Leiodes ; and instead 

 of changing the family name to Agathidiidse, as 

 Mr. Westwood has done, I prefer that of Anisoto- 

 midse. True Anisotoma seems attached to northern 

 regions j it occurs in the New as well as in the 



