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ORDER III. 



INSECTA LEPIDOPTERA. 



The infecfls which compofe this or- 

 der have four wings, covered with a fari- 

 naceous powder, or a kind of fcales, 

 difpofed in regular rows, nearly in the fame 

 manner as tiles are laid upon the roofs of 

 houfes. The beautiful colours which 

 adorn the wings of Lepidopterous infedts 

 are formed by thefe fcales, and if, by any 

 accident, they are rubbed off, the wings 

 appear to be nothing more than a naked 

 membrane. 



Their mouth is furnifhed with a fpiral 

 tongue, which they can unfold or extend, 

 and roll up again at pleafure. 



Their bodies are hairy. 



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