408 INSECTS. 



Wings flat, incumbent ; thorax smooth. 

 y Wine's flat, incumbent; thorax crested. 

 $ V ing~ deflected , thorax smooth. 

 g Wings deflected ; thorax crested. 



D. hyblcea. Antennas setaceous; feelers projecting, compressed, 

 dilated in the middle ; lip projecting, acute. 



E. hepialus. Antennas moniliform ; feelers two, reflected, hairy, 

 between them is the rudiment of a bifid tongue ; larve sixteen, 

 footed, that feed on the roots of plants ; pupe folliculate, cylin- 

 drical, and pointed at the tip. 



F. cossus. Antennas short, filiform ; feelers two, very short, 

 cylindrical, reflected ; without spiral tongue. 



G. pyralis. Antennas filiform ; feelers two, equal, naked, cylin- 

 drical at the base, the middle dilated into an oval, and subulate 

 at the tip ; tongue projected, setaceous, bifid ; wings very 

 obtuse, and slightly curved at the exterior margin ; larve six- 

 teen footed, rolling up the leaves to which it attaches itself. 



H. tinea. Antennas setaceous; feelers four, unequal; larve 

 found in houses, among linen and woolen cloths and furniture, 

 in which it eats holes, and to which it is very destructive. 



I. allucita. Antennas setaceous ; feelers two, divided to the mid. 

 die, the inner division very acute. 



K. pterophorus. Antennas setaceous ; feelers two, linear, naked ; 

 tongue exserted, membranaceous, bifid ; wings fan-shaped, di- 

 vided down to the base, and generally subdivided as far as the 

 middle ; larve sixteen.footed, ovate, hairy ; pupe naked, subu* 

 late at the tip. 



The greater part of this numerous tribe, when at liberty in the 

 fields, only fly during the night, or towards the evening : when 

 domesticated in boxes made for that purpose, they give indica- 

 tions, by their fluttering within, when the natural period ot their 

 activity approaches. During the day they remain quiet, and ap- 

 parently reconciled to their confinement ; they flutter throughout 

 the whole extent of their prisons towards the close of day, and 

 testify their impatience at their want of freedom. 



All the butterflies are provided with a rostrum for gathering, and 

 for the reception of their food; a great part of the moths are 

 entirely destitute of such an organ, while in others it is so small 



