144 ORDER in. Phalena. 



fome of them, as the Silk-worm, compofe of 

 the richeft materials. 



That author has likewife formed the Tim* 

 into a feparate genus with the Linnsean charac- 

 ters and name. The remaining Phalenae he 

 has divided into two families •, in the firft of 

 which the antenna are pectinated -, in the other 

 filiform ; thefe families again are fubdivided 

 into the Elingues^ and the Unguals, in each of 

 which fections the wings are, in fome fub- 

 jects, defleftedy in others, extended horizontally ; 

 among thefe he has difperfed the Tortrices and 

 Pyralides of Linnseus. 



Scopoli -obferves that this divifion, taken 

 from the antenna, labours under very great 

 difficulties, thofe parts being formed differently 

 in the different fexesof Phalense, befides that of 

 procuring both fexes of each fpecies compleat - 9 

 tor thefe reafons he has reunited the Bombyces 

 and Noctus^ of Linnaeus (feparated by Geoffroy 

 on account of the different formation of their 

 antennse) under the title Bombyx ; thefe he 

 has divided into two fections, the infects belong- 

 ing to one of which, undergo their transforma- 

 tion under the ground ; the others above 

 ground \ the tongue is wanting in the firft of 



thefe 



