Excerpt from Butterflies: Their Structure, Changes and Life-Histories, With Special Reference to American Forms; Being an Application of the "Doctrine of Descent" To the Study of Butterflies; With an Appendix of Practical Instructions This little work treats of butterflies - the higher families of the great order Lepidoptera, or scaly winged insects. They do not form a, scientifically natural group, since their sole distinction from other Lepidoptera lies in the character of the antennae and this itself is a point of great vari ability but for convenience' sake, and with this reservation, we may use the term butterfly as a popular expression. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.