Index 



Cook, Eliza, quotation from, 198 



Copasodes, genus, 345 ; myrtis, 346 ; pro- 

 cris, 345 ; wrighti, 346 



Coppers, The, 236, 251; American, 254; 

 Bronze, 253 ; Great, 253 ; Least, 254 ; Ne- 

 vada, 252; Purplish, 254; Reakirt's, 254; 

 Ruddy, 255 ; Snow's, 255 



coresia, Timetes, 180 



Cornelia, Argynnis, no 



coronis, Argynnis, 117 



costal margin of wing, 19 



costal vein, 20, 21 



couperi, Lycaena, 261 



Cowan, Frank, quotations from, 90, 299 



Cowper, quotation from, 275 



coxa, 17, 18 



Cramer, Peter, 69 ; " PapillonsExotiques," 

 69 



cremaster, n 



creola, Debis, 199 



Creole, The, 199 



Crescent-spots, The, 150; Pearl, 153 



cresphontes, Papilio, 311 



creusa, Euchloe', 283 



Crimson-patch, The, 159 



crocale, Synchloe, 160 



Crustacea, 59 



crysalus, Thecla, 239 



cybele, Argynnis, 106 



Cystineura, genus, 177; amymone, 177 



cythera, Lemonias, 230 



dasdalus, Lycasna, 260 



Dagger-wings, The, 179; Many-banded, 



180 ; Ruddy, 180 

 damaris, Terias, 296 

 damon, Thecla, 246 

 Danais chrysippus, 182 

 "darning-needles," 86 

 daunus, Papilio, 310 

 Debis, genus, 198 ; creola, 199 ; portlandia, 



199 



delaware, Atrytone, 365 

 delia, Terias, 298 

 delila, Colasnis, 95 

 Dermestes, a museum pest, 53 

 diana, Argynnis, 103, 127 

 Dichora, genus, 195 

 Diclippa, 157 

 dimorphism, 23 

 Dione, genus, 96 ; vanillas, 97 

 dionysius, Neominois, 213 

 Dircenna, genus, 89 ; klugi, 89 

 disa, Erebia, 209 

 discal area of wing, 19 

 discocellular veins, 21 

 discoidalis, Erebia, 209; Thecla, 246 

 disippus, Basilarchia, 3, 8, 84, 185 

 Dismorphia, genus, 273 ; melite, 274 

 Distribution of Butterflies, 25 

 Dog-face Butterflies, 288 ; Californian, 288 ; 



Southern, 289 

 Doherty, William, 338 

 domicella, Hesperia, 327 

 dorsal vessel, 22 

 dorus, Plestia, 322 

 Drake, Joseph Rodman, quotation from, 



320 



Druce, Herbert, 338 

 dryas, Grapta, 165 



drying-boxes, 42 



drying-ovens, 46, 47 



dumetorum, Thecla, 249 



duryi, Lemonias, 230 



Dusky-wings, The, 324, 332; Afranius', 334; 

 Butler's, 325 ; Dark, 333 ; Dreamy, 333 ; 

 Funereal, 336 ; Horace s, 336 ; Juvenal's, 

 335 ; Lucilius', 333 ; Martial's, 335 ; Nae- 

 vius', 336 ; Northern, 324; Mrs. Owen's, 

 325 ; Pacuvius', 336; Persius", 334; Pe- 

 tronius', 335 ; Sleepy, 332; Southern, 325 



Dyar, Harrison G., 186 



dymas, Melitasa, 145 



eagle, white-headed, 63 



editha, Chrysophanus, 253 ; Melitasa, 142 



Edwards, W. H., Author of " Butterflies of 

 North America," vi, 71 ; types of butter- 

 flies named by, vi 



edwardsi, Argynnis, 119 ; Thecla, 243 



eggs of butterflies, 3-5 ; how to secure, 34; 

 preparation and preservation of, 43 



egleis, Argynnis, 126 



elada, Melitasa, 145 



elathea, Terias, 298 



electa, Argynnis, in 



Elfin, Banded, 249; Brown, 247; Hoary, 

 248 



elis, Colias, 290 



elko, Ccenonympha, 206 



Elwes, Henry J., 338 



Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quotations from, 



197, 319 

 Emperor, The Mountain, 190; The Tawny, 



190 



enoptes, Lycaena, 264 

 " Entomologica Americana," 73 

 " Entomologist, The Canadian," 73 

 entomology, definition of, 59; in high 



schools, 257 



envelopes for butterflies, 37 

 Epargyreus, genus, 322 ; tityrus, 323 

 epigena, Thorybes, 325 

 epipsodea, Erebia, 210 

 epithore, Brenthis, 135 

 epixanthe, Chrysophanus, 254 

 Erebia, genus, 208, 224 ; callias, 209 ; disa, 



209 ; discoidalis, 209 ; epipsodea, 210 ; 



ethela, 210 ; magdalena, 211 ; mancinus, 



209 ; sofia, 210 ; tyndarus, 210 

 Eresia, genus, 157 ; frisia, 157 ; ianthe, 158 ; 



punctata, 158 ; texana, 158 ; tulcis, 158 

 Ericaceae, 244 

 eriphyle, Colias, 291 

 eros, Basilarchia, 186 

 Erycininse, subfamily, 228 

 eryngii, Ccenonympha, 205 

 Erynnis, genus, 346 ; attalus, 349 ; leonar- 



dus, 349 ; manitoba, 347 ; metea, 348 ; 



morrisoni, 347 ; ottoe, 348 ; sassacus, 



348; snowi, 350 ; sylvanoides, 349 ; uncas, 



349 



eryphon, Thecla, 248 



ethela, Erebia, 210 



Ethiopian Faunal Region, 161 



ethlius, Calpodes, 356 



eubule, Catopsilia, 286 



Euchloe, genus, 282 ; ausonides, 283 ; ce- 

 thura, 284 ; creusa, 283 ; flora, 282 ; genu- 

 tia, 4, 284; julia, 283; lanceolata, 285; 



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