THE 
BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES. 
MODERN ARRANGEMENT OF LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
Accorpine to the classification of the celebrated 
Latreille, the Papilionaceous, or Lepidopterous in- 
sects are comprehended in his Ninth Order, under 
the title of LEpipopTERa. 
ORDER LEPIDOPTERA, Linneeus. 
Lepidopterous insects have four membranaceous 
wings, covered with a farina, composed of small 
scales, and are provided with a trunk rolled up in 
a spiral form at the mouth. 
Trinz .—DIURNA. 
Wings always free in repose, placed perpendicular 
to the plane of position, and destitute of a bridle 
or scaly bristle at the base of the lower wings ; 
the antenne in many of the species terminated 
