CLASSIFICATION 47 



Draw wings showing veins ( X i ) • 



(6) The feet of the male are very strong and have sharp 

 spurs growing from the tibia. Draw one of the first pair 

 of legs (Xi). 



The butterfly and moth with all_ their kindred families 

 belong to the order Lepidoptera. Find the meaning of the 

 word. 



Classification. From A. E. Popenoe. 



Table of the Principal Families of Lepidoptera. 



Section i. Lepidoptera Rliopalocera. Butterflies. Antennae fil- 

 iform, tipped with a knob or club. 



A. Having six feet fitted for walking. 



B. Wings broad, rounded, closed back to back, and erect in 

 repose. 



C. Secondaries tailed. Swallow tails, Papilionidae. 



CC. Secondaries not tailed. 



D. Colors white or yellow, marked with black Pieridae. 



DD. Colors blue or coppery Lycaenidae. 



BB. Wings narrow, stout, triangular, spread or thrown far back 



in repose; antennae often hooked Skippers, Hesperidae. 



AA. But four feet adapted to walking, anterior part imperfect. 



E. Club of antennae not flat; secondaries of male with 

 raised black spot on a vein. 



Milkweed butterflies, Danaidae. 



EE. Club of antennae flat; colors various.. .iVjijM/i/joMa^. 



EEE. Club of antennae flat ; colors nearly uniform, smoky 



or leaf-brown ; secondaries with eye-spots ; base of veins 



in primaries inflated Meadow browns, Satyridae. 



Sec. 2. Lepidoptera Heterocera. Moths. Antennae various, not 

 clavate. 



A. Body stout, large, spindle-shaped; wings narrow; secondaries 

 about half as long as primaries; antennae prismatic. 



Hawk moths, " humming birds," Sphingidae. 



