CLASSIFICATION. 
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CLASSIFICATION. 
Tiie following order of classification, adopted mostly from that of Mi- 
IIenry Edwards, will be used in this work. 
ORDER LEPIDOPTERA. Moths and Butterflies. 
Sub-order Heterocera. The Moths. 
Mic ro-Le PIDOPTE EA, 
PTEROPHORIDS Plume Moths. 
TINEIDS 
TORTRICIDS 
PYRALIDS 
True Moths. 
Leaf Rollers. 
Snout Moths. 
GEOMETRIES 
NOCTUIDS 
B OMB YCIDyE 
zygsnids 
AEGERIDyE 
SPHIN GIDS 
Macro-Lepidoptera. 
Loopers or Spanners. 
Owlets or Moth Millers. 
Spinners. 
Zyganids. 
Glass-wings. 
Dusk-flyers. 
Sub-order Rhopalocera. The Butterflies. 
HESPERIDyE 
Skippers. 
LYCSNIPS 
SATYRIDS 
NYMPHALIDS 
PAPILI ON IDS 
Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks. 
Wood Nymphs, Browns. 
Angle Wings, Silver Spots. 
Whitelings, Yellows, Swallowtails. 
