EXPLANATION OF PLATES.

PLATE I.
(Engraved from nature by Anna Botsford Comstock.)

In Figure 2 is represented one of the most generalized of living Lepidoptera; in Figure 1 is shown a form in which the wings are narrow, being fitted for rapid flight; and in Figure 3, one in which the wings are broad, being fitted for a different mode of flight.

PLATE II.
(Drawn by E. P. Felt?)
PLATE III.
(Drawn by E. P. Felt.)
* The figures in the text in the preceding pages were also drawn by Mr. Felt.
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