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ISeviNed Catalos^iie of the DIUKIVAL liEPIDOPTERA of 

 America Xorth of Mexico. 



BY W. H. EDWARDS. 



The Catalogue of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico 

 was published in 1877, and so much new material has since then accu- 

 mulated, — descriptions of species, or of preparatory stages, or relation of 

 habits, or mention of localities, that a Revision has seemed urgent. In 

 preparing the present edition I have greatly enlarged the references, and 

 have added an Index of species. I have followed the rules which were 

 .set f(jrth in the Advertisement of the Catalogue, dropping all species 

 which I believe to have been improperly credited to this fauna, crediting 

 the genus names to the authors who first defined them, and in the general 

 arrangement, while adopting the families and sub-families of some of the 

 later systematists, adhering mainly to the order of Doubleday and his 

 associates in the '' (Jenera of Diurnal Lepidoptera." In the Hesperidas 

 I have followed Dr. Adolph Speyer, as in the Catalogue. Since 1877 

 this author has still further investigated the same family, and so far as 

 concerns the American species, I have availed myself of most of his 

 conclusiuns. 



Nearly every North American species of Butterfly is represented in 

 my collection, but where any are wanting I have in most cases been able 

 to examine them elsewhere. With this aid I have carefully gone over 

 the entire list of species, and their standing is given herein according to 

 my best judgment. W. H. Edwards. 



Conllnnih. 11'. Va.. May 15. 1884. 



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