Index 
cybele, 106 ; diana, 103 ; edwardsi, 119 ; 
egleis, 126; electa, 111 ; eurynome, 125 ; 
halcyone, 116; hesperis, 112; hippolyta, 
112 ; idalia, 103 ; inornata, 122; lais, 109 ; 
laura, 120; leto, 105; liliana, 119 ; maca- 
ria, 121; meadi, 119; monticola, 114; 
montivaga, 126; nausicaa, 108; neva- 
densis, 118 ; nitocris, 105 ; nokomis, 104 ; 
opis, 124 ; oweni, 109 ; platina, 117 ; pur- 
purescens, 114; rhodope, 115 ; rupestris, 
120; semiramis, 121; snyderi, 118 ; ze- 
rene, 113 
ariadne, Colias, 29 
ariane, Satyrus, 216 
Aristolochia, 315, 316 
army-worm, 257 
Arnold, Sir Edwin, quotations from, 214, 
258 
arota, Chrysophanus, 252 
arrangement, of specimens, 52 ; of species, 
62 
arsace, Thecla, 248 
arthemis, Basilarchia, 184 
Arthropoda, definition of, 59; subdivisions 
of. 59 
artonis, Argynnis, 123 
Asama-yama, volcano, 150 
Asclepias, 81 
Asimina triloba, 308 
astarte, Brenthis, 135 
aster, Lycsena, 266 
asterias, Papilio, 314 
Astragalus, 240 
astyanax, Basilarchia, 184 
atala, Eumseus, 237, 370 
atalanta, Pyrameis, 170 
Atalopedes, genus, 352 ; huron, 352 
atlantis, Argynnis, 108 
atossa, Argynnis, 122 
Atrytone, genus, 363; delaware, 365 ; me- 
lane, 365; pocahontas, 364; taxiles, 365 ; 
vitellius, 364; zabulon, 364 
attalus, Erynnis, 349 
augusta, Melitaea, 141 
augustus, Thecla, 247 
ausonides, Euchloe, 283 
australis, Calephelis, 233 
autolycUs, Thecla, 241 
Azalea occidentalis, 166 
bachmanni, Libythea, 227 
bairdi, Papilio, 313 
baits for butterflies, 32 
Banded Reds, The, 175 
Baptisia, 333 
Barbauld, Mrs., quotation from, 76 
barnesi, Phyciodes, 155 
baroni, Melitsea, 141; Satyrus, 216 
base of wing, 19 
Basilarchia, genus, 182; arthemis, 184; 
astyanax, 183; disippus, 3, 8, 84, 185 ; 
eros, 186; floridensis, 186; hulsti, 84, 
185; lorquini, 185; proserpina, 184; 
pseudodorippus, 185; weidemeyeri, 185 
Bates, H. W., on study of butterflies, 3; as 
a collector, 338 
batesi, Phyciodes, 154 
bathyllus, Thorybes, 325 
battoides, Lycaena, 264 
beani, Melitsea, 14b 
beating for lepidoptera, 33 
beckeri, Pieris, 277 
Beelzebub, the “ god of flies,” 334 
behrensi, Argynnis, 115 
behri, Colias, 294; Parnassius, 306; Thecla, 
247 
bellona, Brenthis, 134 
Belt, “ Naturalist in Nicaragua,” 91 
berenice, Anosia, 84 
bischoffi, Argynnis, 124 
Blake & Co., forceps, 56 
bleaching wings of butterflies, 20 
blenina, Thecla, 245 
blow-fly, holding middle place in scale of 
animal existence, 271 
Blues, The, 236, 258; Arrow-head, 262; 
Aster, 266 ; Behr’s, 260, 264; Boisduval's, 
260 ; Bright, 259 ; Colorado, 264; Com¬ 
mon, 267; Couper’s, 261 ; Dotted, 264; 
Dwarf, 269; Eastern tailed, 268; Eyed, 
261; Florida, 269; Gray, 263; Greenish, 
260 ; Indian River, 270; Labrador, 263; 
Marine, 270; Orange-margined, 265; 
Pygmy, 269, 271 ; Reakirt’s, 268 ; Rustic, 
263 ; Scudder’s, 265 ; Shasta, 265 ; Silvery, 
262; Small, 262; Sonora, 263; Varied, 
259; Westerp tailed, 268; West Indian, 
270 
Boehmeria, 170 
Boisduval, Dr. J. A., 70 
Boisduval and Leconte, “ Histoire Gdnd- 
rale et Monographic des Lepidopteres et 
des Chenilles de l’Amdrique Septentrio- 
nale,” 70 
boisduvali, Brenthis, 132 
Boisduval’s Marble, 285 
bolli, Melitsea, 147 
Books about North American Butterflies, 
69 
boopis, Satyrus, 216 
borealis, Calephelis, 232 
boxes for preserving collections, 48 
brain, 22, 23 
breeding butterflies, 34-37 
breeding-cages, 35, .36 
bremneri, Argynnis, 113 
Brenthis, genus, 128, 224; alberta, 135; 
astarte, 135; bellona, 134; boisduvali, 
132 ; chariclea, 132; epithore, 135 ; freija, 
132 ; frigga, 133 ; helena, 131; montinus, 
131; myrina, 129 ; polaris, 133; triclaris, 
130 
brettus, Thymelicus, 351 
brevicauda, Papilio, 313 
British Museum, 338 
brizo, Thanaos, 332 
bronchial tubes, 22 
Brongniart, M. Charles, 196 
Brooklyn Entomological Society, 73 
Brown, The Gemmed, 202; Henshaw’s, 
202 
brucei, CEneis, 223; Papilio, 313 
Brush-footed Butterflies. See Nymphalidae 
bryoniae, Pieris, 279 
Buckeye, The, 173 
Buckland, Frank, story of, 68 
“Bulletin Brooklyn Entomological Society," 
73 
bumblebees in Australia, 256 
Butterflies’ Fad, The, 186 
