68 LEPIDOPTERA. 
Lucy, Oh ! 1 recollect perfectly, both 
that papilio is butterfly, and that its an- 
tennae are clavated, or club-shaped. 
Mother, We have now gone through 
the order lepidoptera, the third order of 
insects. 
Lucy, Lepidoptera ! What does that 
jnean, mamma ? 
] Mother, That name is composed of 
two Greek words, one of which* signifies 
a scale, and the other j* a wing ; because 
the wings, of every species in this order, 
are covered with small scales. To the 
naked eye, these scales look like meal ; 
but, when highly magnified in a micro- 
scope, they are found to resemble little 
feather-like scales :}:. Now, my love, re- 
member all these scientific terms; and 
come to me to-morrow at the usual 
hour. 
* Lepis, t Ptcron. 
% See Plate 18. 
