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Order 15. Lepidoptera. — The butterflies and moths are 

 known by their scaly bodies, the spiral maxillae or tongue 



Fig. 163. — ^, larva; c, its respiratory tube, i?, pupa; d, respiratory tube. a,trno 

 paddles at the end of the body. 



rolled up between the two large labial palpi^ and by their 

 usually broad scaly wings. 



The larger moths are represented by the canker-worm, 

 the grass army-worm and the cotton army-worm (Fig. 165), 



Fig. 164.— Head and mouth parts of mosquito, e, eye; a, antemiae; i&r, labrum; 

 A, hypopharynx; m, mandibles; mXy maxillaB; nixv, m amilla ry palpus; (6, la- 

 bium. (Magnified.) 



SO destructive to yegetation; the silk-worm moth {Bomlyx 

 mori) of the Old World, and the American silk- worm ( Telea 

 PolypTienius). 

 The hawk-moths {Sphinx) are distinguished by their largt* 



