LEPIDOPTEROUS IHSECTSj 
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Section I. 
Order III . — -L epidopt erous IrifeEUy 
This order contains all the different kinds of tlio motlj 
and butterfly; infers characlerifcd by four wings, which 
are imbricated with fcales ; and by a mouth furnifhed with 
a fpinal tongue, which can be extended or rolled up at 
pleafure. The bodies of all this clafs are covered with 
down, and their wings decorated with fuch a variety of 
brilliant colours, that they may be regarded as the mofi 
beautiful with which nature has enlivened and adorned 
(the fields. 
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