

LINN^EAN GENERA 



OF 



INSECTS, 



Order III. 

 LEPIDOPTERJ. 



XHE insects of this Order are particularly di- 

 stinguished by their scaly wings, from which 

 alone they derive their name of Lepidoptera 

 These wings are four in number, and are 

 generally variegated by the most brilliant co- 

 lours, entirely produced by an infinity of little 

 oval scales, either of a conical or. triangular 

 shape, and placed one above another, like the 

 tiles on the roof of a house. These scales, 

 which may be called the feathers of the Butter- 

 VOL. II. B 



