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The Coppers, P. 236

THE BLUES, p. 244.

The butterflies, the skippers, and the moths or "millers" constitute the order Lepidoptera. The student will have no trouble in recognizing the members of this order as such. But it may often happen that there is doubt as to whether a given insect is a moth, a skipper, or a butterfly. The more available characteristics for distinguishing these groups are given in the following table.¹ A. Lepidopterous insects (i. e., insects with the wings clothed with scales) in which the antennæ are of various forms, but never threadlike with a knob at the extremity. Not discussed in this book.