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All thofe of the Geometrae have their 

 names terminating in aria and ata^ ac- 

 cordingas their antennae zvefetaceous or 

 p£5linated. The Tortrices in aria ; the 

 Pyralides in alis ; the Tineae in ella ; 

 and th® Alucitae in DaSiyla ; fo that it 

 is evident from the termination itfelf to 

 what fection the infedt is to be refer- 

 red. 



It were to be wiflied that fimilar in- 

 ftitutions could be formed throughout 

 the whole fcience, as here the name it- 

 felf ferves to diiYinguifh the infecl. 



Butterflies are divived into feclions, 

 bythe names of Equites, Heliconii,Da- 

 nai, Nymphales, and Plebeii. 



In fuch a multitude of Butterflies,the 

 greatefl part of which are foreign and 

 extra-european, and to whofe food and 

 manner of life we are utter flrangers, 

 it was impofiible to give fignificant tri- 

 M vial 



