Nymphalinae (the Nymphs) 
border scalloped or tailed; the inner border always affords a 
channel for the reception of the abdomen. The costal nervule 
invariably terminates at the external angle of this wing. The 
discoidal cell is frequently open, or simply closed by a slender 
veinlet, which it is not always easy to detect; the anal vein is 
never lacking. 
The fore legs are greatly reduced in the male, less so in the 
female. 
Egg .— The egg is either somewhat globular, or else barrel¬ 
shaped, with the sides marked with net-like elevations, or verti¬ 
cally ribbed (see Figs, i, 8, io). 
Caterpillar .—When first emerging from the egg the caterpillar is 
generally furnished with long hairs rising singly from wart-like ele¬ 
vations which are arranged either in longitudinal rows or in geo¬ 
metric patterns (Fig. 85). 
As the caterpillars pass 
their successive moults 
the hairs are transformed 
into branching spines or 
tubercles (see Plate III, 
Figs. 28-38). 
Chrysalis. —The chrys¬ 
alis invariably hangs sus¬ 
pended from a button of silk, and is frequently furnished, 
especially on the dorsal or upper surface, with a number of 
prominences; the head is usually bifurcate, or cleft (see Plate IV, 
Figs. 21, 39, etc.). 
This is the largest of all the subfamilies of the butterflies, and 
is widely distributed, including many of the most beautifully 
colored and most vigorous species which are known. There are 
twenty-six genera represented in our fauna, containing about one 
hundred and seventy species. 
Genus GOLDEN IS, Doubleday 
Butterfly .— Butterflies of moderately large size, the fore 
wings greatly produced and relatively narrow; the hind wings 
evenly rounded and relatively small, of bright reddish-brown 
color, with darker markings. The species are mimics, and in the 
elongation of their wings reveal the influence of the Heliconians, 
94 
Fig. 85.— Caterpillar of Vanessa antiop a , just 
hatched. (Greatly magnified.) (After Scudder.) 
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