English: Nomenclature.

Figure I (related to Lepidoptera).

• a The head.

• b b The eyes.

• c c The palpi.

• d d The antennae.

• e e The shoulders. The patagia, or tippets, are placed here.

• f The thorax. The part underneath and opposite to this is termed the breast.

• g The abdomen, with the annuli or rings of which this part is composed.

• A A The anterior wings.

• B B The posterior wings.

• h h The bases of the wings.

• i i The tips.

• k k k k The anterior margin.

• l l The posterior or internal margin.

• m m m m The external edges.

• n n The lower corners of the anterior wings.

• o o The upper corners of the posterior wings.

• p p The abdominal edges. In the butterfly tribe this part forms the abdominal groove.

• q q The anal angle.

• r r The tails; whereof some species have four.

• s s The eyes on the wings. From round spots resembling an eye.

• t A waved bar.

• u u An irregular indented bar.

Figure II (related to Coleoptera).

• a The head.

• b The palpi.

• c The antennae.

• d The eyes.

• e The dorsum of the prothorax, commonly called the thorax in beetles; whereof the under part is the prosternum.

• f The lateral margin of the thorax.

• g The posterior margin of the thorax.

• h h The upper horn.

• i i The lower horn.

• k The scutellum.

• l l The wing cases, or elytra.

• m m The suture.

• n n The lateral margin of the wing cases.

• o The anus.

• p The fore thigh.

• q The middle thigh.

• r The hinder thigh.

• s s The fore tibiae.

• t t The middle tibiae.

• u u The hinder tibiae.

• w w w w w w The tarsi.

• x x x x x x The articulation of the tarsi with the tibiae.

• y y y The articulation of the tibiae with the femora.

• z z z The hooks or claws, (ungues.)

Figure III.

• a The head.

• b b The palpi.

• c c The antennae.

• d d The eyes.

• e The prosternum; whereof the upper part is the prothorax.

• f The mesosternum.

• g g The dilated posterior coxae.

• h h h h The abdomen, with its annuli or rings.

• o The anus.

• p The fore thighs.

• q q The middle thighs.

• r r The hinder thighs.

• s s The fore tibiae.

• t t The middle tibiae.

• u u The hinder tibiae.

• w w w w w w The tarsi.

• x x x x x x The articulation of the tarsi with the tibiae.

• y y y y y y The articulation of the tibiae with the femora, or thighs.

• z z The hooks or claws, (ungues.)

Fig. IV. is inserted only to shew the three little eyes, which are placed in a triangular manner, and mentioned in some of the descriptions.