70 ORDERS OF INSECTS. 
the most distinguishing character, which 
the order could have. 
Lucy. Why do you say order ? 
Mother, For the sake of precision, 
and to aid the memory, all animated he- 
ings have been arranged, by naturalists, 
into classes, such as quadrupeds, birds, 
fishes, insects, &c. Each of these classes, 
or large divisions, is again divided into 
orders. The class of insects contains 
several orders ; of which the lepidop- 
tera is the third. As we have gone 
through this order, shall we now pro- 
ceed to another ? 
Lucy. Mamma, before we go farther, 
I should like very much to learn some- 
thing more of these pretty creatures, 
which you have drawn so nicely ; and I 
should be very glad also to know whether 
the butterflies and moths of other coun- 
tries are like ours ? 
Mother. Many of them are exactly of 
the same species as those that we have ; 
but abroad there is a greater variety, and 
many are much larger, and more beauti- 
