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vnatha, a worm or grub ; and the term " Moth- 

 eaten" is sufficient to prove that the term " Moth" 

 originally applied to the larva and not to the per- 

 fect insect, as in the winged state Moths are not 

 furnished with mandibles which would enable 

 them to devour cloth, or any substance of that kind. 

 In describing the Hawk-moths and other Moths 

 in Plates IV. and V., I shall have occasion to point 

 out the peculiarities of the antennae, by means of 

 which the whole Moth class is so distinctly divided 

 from the Butterfly section of the order. Moths 

 have the antennae or feelers generally tapering 

 from the base to the point, Avhich in some in- 

 stances is as slender as a hair. The class of 

 SpHngidcc, however, to which the Privet Hawk- 

 moth engraved in Plate IV. belongs, have the an- 

 tennae slightly thickened towards the end, though 

 decidedly not clubbed, as in Butterflies ; as may be 

 seen by referring to those of any of the Butterflies 

 in Plates II. and III. This thickening of the ex- 

 tremities of the antennae in the Sphingidce, or 

 Sphinx family, has naturally caused them to be 

 placed next the Butterflies, as a kind of link be- 

 tween the two divisions; and it may be noticed, 

 en passant, that in some of the group, especially 

 in the genus DeilepHla, the thickening towards the 



