178 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Dictcea and a Dictceoides, and in Me- 
litaa a Selene and a Selenis, &c., &c.? 
M. Boisduval, of all people, should have 
been the last to complain of this pre- 
tended abuse, having created a Lithosia 
Complanuta by the side of Complana , 
a Li/ccena Epidolus close to Dolus and 
so many others. * * * * 
Another inconvenience is that the ter- 
mination of aria does not apply with 
euphony to all the names of the Geo- 
metric ; thus the Linanala of Linnaeus 
became Linariaria , and M. Boisduval, 
to cure the unpleasantness of the repe- 
tition of the last syllable, shortened the 
name to Linaria — a name which no 
longer implies that the insect feeds 
upon Linaria , but rather that it feeds 
upon flax ( Linum ). * * * I have 
thus pointed out the two great defects 
of this new reform ; that of having de- 
stroyed all the advantages of the Lin- 
nean idea, and that of having lowered 
the feeling of respect to tradition, and 
of having attached the law of priority, 
both so useful in opposing a barrier 
to the encroachments and continual 
changes (which are the great bane 
of the present day) and so necessary 
in giving to Entomology that fixity 
and consistence without which our 
Science would become a fatigue in- 
stead of a relaxation.” 
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