THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS-ORDER 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



THE BUTTERFLIES-LEPIDOPTERA RHOPALOCERA. 



We commence this volume with the Hesperiidce^ the last 

 Family of Butterflies, before proceeding to discuss the 

 Moths. 



FAMILY VII. HESPERIID^. 



Egg. — Very large, opaque, dome-shaped, smooth, or verti- 

 cally and transversely ribbed. 



Larva. — Long, cylindrical, naked (rarely hairy) ; head large, 

 thorax narrowed in front, so as to form a sort of long neck. 



Pupa. — Attached by the tail, a belt round the body, and 

 often with other threads, forming a loose cocoon ; uficn 

 wrapped in a leaf. 



Imago. — Of small or moderate size, rarely reaching two inches 

 in expanse, and the largest known species not exceeding four 

 inches ; body large, head large, eyes prominent, antennaj 

 placed widely apart, often more or less hooked at the tip; 

 wings very thick, small in proportion to the size of the body ; 

 fore-wings triangular, often with a bar of raised scales in the 



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