XXVlll LLOYDS NATURAL HISTOF.Y. 



also introduced much of the confusion which we are, at the 

 present day, trying to ehminate. 



The subdivision of genera was carried to the farthest extent 

 by Hiibner, who tried several experiments in nomenclature; but 

 his " Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterjinge " was ignored by 

 his contemporaries, for the necessity for so extensive a multi- 

 plication of genera had not then arisen. 



A litde later, the classification of Le^idoptera was taken up 

 in Germany by Ochsenheimer and Treitschke, in England 

 by Stephens and Curtis, and in France by Boisduval and 

 Duponchel. 



Stephens' arrangement of the Moths is as follows, (1828-34) ; 

 Crepuscularia — 

 Zygcenidae. 

 Sphingidae. 

 Sesiidce. 

 ^geriidae. 

 Nocturna — 



Pomeridiana — • 



Hepialidae. 

 Notodontidae 

 Bombycidai. 

 Arctiidae. 

 Noctuidae. 

 Scmidiurna — 



Geometrida3. 

 Platyptericidae. 

 Pyralidae. 

 Vespertina — 



Tortricidae. 

 Yponomeutid?:. 

 Tineidfe. 

 Alucitidae. 



