THE 



BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES. 



MODERN ARRANGEMENT OF LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



ACCORDING to the classification of the celebrated 

 Latreille, the Papilionaceous, or Lepidopterous m- 

 sects are comprehended in his Ninth Order, under 

 the title of LEPIDOPTERA. 



ORDER LEPIDOPTERA, Linnaeus. 



Lepidopterous insects have four membranaceous 

 wings, covered with a farina, composed of small 

 scales, and are provided with a trunk rolled up in 

 a spiral form at the mouth. 



TRIBE L DIURNA. 



Wings always free in repose, placed perpendicular 

 to the plane of position, and destitute of a bridle 

 or scaly bristle at the base of the lower wings ; 

 the antennae in many of the species terminated 



