ORDER LEPIDOPTERA 



back, and the imago is free. After emergence, the flies 

 may be found clinging to herbage surrounding water, 

 and Swallows and Martins have a rare old feast picking 

 them off in double-quick time. It has a somewhat 

 laboured flight, and this in spite of the strong wings. 

 The larva is a vegetarian in diet. 



ORDER VIII. LEPIDOPTERA, OR BUTTERFLIES 



AND MOTHS 



This large order of scale-winged insects has already 

 been dealt with in a separate volume of " The Abbey 

 Nature Books," and is merely included here to show 

 the place occupied in the classification adopted. The 

 reader desirous of obtaining information concerning 

 our British Butterflies and Moths is, therefore, referred 

 to the fourth volume in this Series, where a large number 

 of commoner species are dealt with and fully illustrated 

 in both colour and black and white. 



