404 ORDERS OF PTILOTA. 



1. Papilio. — Antenna3 clavate. 



A. Equites. — Posterior margin of the wing longer than 



the anal margin, divided into Trojans, having red 



spots on the breast, and Greeks, having no spots. 

 13. Heliconii. — Wings narrow, entire, often almost 



naked. 

 C. Danai. — Wings entire, divided into the CandicU, or 



whites, and Festivi, or variegated. 

 1). Nymj)hales. — Wings dentated, divided into the Ocel- 



lati, or those with eye-like spots, and the Phalerati, 



or those with simple spots. 

 E. Plebeii. — Caterpillars short, thick, divided into the 



Rurales, or those with dark spots, and the Urbicolce, 



with transparent spots. 



2. Sphitix. — Antenna) prismatic, thickest m the middle. 

 '3. Phalcena. — Antenna) setaceous, often feathered, divided 



into 



A. Attaci. — Wings somewhat extended, and inclined at 

 rest. 



B. Bombyces. — Wings crossed upon the body, antennae 

 pectinated. 



C. NoctucB. — Wings crossed upon the body, antennae 

 setaceous. 



D. Geometrts. — Wings horizontal. 



E. Tortrices. — Wings very obtuse, front margin curved. 

 ¥. Pyrales. — Wings forming with the body a furcate 



delta. 

 G. TinecB. — Wings rolled into a cylinder. 

 H. AlucitcB. — Wings digitated. 

 Latreille adopted the Linnsean groups, to which he gave 

 the names of — 1 . Diurna (day-fliers) ; 2. Crepuscularia 

 (twilight-fliers) ; and 3. Noctunia (night-fliers). 



The Diurna are divisible into the following families : — 

 Fam. 1. Papilionidee. — Anterior legs not abbreviated, fit 



