Sub-kingdom, Insecta.
Characters from the imago.
The body is divided into three parts, head, thorax, and abdomen; the head has two fixed compound eyes, and two moveable antennæ. Insects have six jointed legs in pairs; they breathe by lateral spiracles.
Class, Lepidoptera.
Characters from larva, pupa, and imago.
Larva polypod, bears no resemblance to the imago; pupa quiescent, bears no resemblance to the imago. Imago has four scaly wings, and the mouth aglossate or antliate.
Sub-class, Phalænæ (central).
Characters from larva, pupa, and imago.
All varying (the universal character of such central groups).
