CHAPTER IX. 



OF THE SECOND AND THIRD DIVISIONS OP THE 

 ORDER LEPIDOPTERA, ACCORDING TO LINNiEUS 

 AND OTHERS ; AND OF THE MODERN SUPPRESSION 

 OF THE SECOND DIVISION. — OF THE TRANS- 

 FORMATIONS OF SPHINX LIGUSTRI, THE PRIVET 

 HAWK-MOTH, AND OTHERS OF THE FAMILY THAT 

 MAY BE REARED IN A VIVARIUM. 



'^fun "k^ ^ a ^ * s necessai T *° De sa ^ m a popular 

 ^ work on the term Lepidoptera, 

 ~^y$? and also of its value as defining 

 &2q> very aecurately the beautiful 

 order of insects on which it has been con- 

 ferred, is contained in the Chapter describ- 

 4 [, ing Plate II. Having now to describe 

 W3/ the second section of that " order," this 

 appears the proper place for stating, in a few 

 words, the nature of the scientific distinctions 

 which serve to separate that class of Lepidoptera 

 generally known as Butterflies from those popularly 

 termed Moths. 



