448 LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECT^, 



CHAPTER IV, 



Section I. 



Order \\\.-^Lepidopterous InfeBs^ 



1 ms order contains all the different kinds of the moth 

 and butterfly ; infeSs charafterifed by four wings, which 

 are imbricated with fcales 5 and by a mouth furnifhed with 

 a fpinal tongue, which can be extended or rolled up at 

 pleafure. The bodies of all this clafs are covered with 

 down, and their wings decorated with fuch a variety of 

 brilliant colours, that they may be regarded as the moil 

 beautiful with which nature has enlivened and adoraed 

 the fields. 



