11. 



Genera 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 agree in the following characters: — 1. Antennae 

 with knobs short and broad. 2. Feelers rather long and placed close to- 

 gether at base at least. 3. Inner margin of hind wings folded downwards 

 and grooved for the reception of the body. 4. Central mesh (discal cell) of 

 hind wings not closed behind. 5. Nails of four hind feet divided so as to 

 appear double. 



Genus b. — 1. Wings never angulated or toothed, and generally! 39 



ornamented with silvery or pearly, rounded or triangular | 

 spots beneath. 2. Feelers spread far apart at their points. I .T,p,.i^^T>xT^ 



3. The spring larvae have round heads. 4. Spines ^^^^"^^^ ^^• 

 branched, two of the prothoracic ones being the largest and I 

 reaching over the head. j 



Genus 6. — Agrees in most i-espects with Genus 5, except: — 1.1 40 



Hind wings checkered with various colors but not orna- 1. 

 niented with silvery or pearly spots. 2. Larva covered I 

 with blunt tubercles beset with very short stiff bristles. J 



Genus 7. — 1. Wings more or less scalloped, but not indented or~j 41 



tailed or marked with metallic characters beneath. 2. j 

 Feelers much longer than head, tapering, curve upwards, ,' pYRAMEIS. 

 and are contiguous to the extremity. 3. Branched spines j 

 on all the segments of the larva excej^t the first and last, j *^*Harrb )°^ 



4. Head of larva heart-shaped. J 



Genus 8. — 1. Wings jagged or tailed on hind edges. 2. Underl 42 



side of hind wings, in many, marked with a golden or sil- 1 

 very character in middle. 3. Feelers long, curved, and y VANESSA. 

 contiguous, forming a kind ot projecting beak. 4. Larva', 

 cylindi'icai and armed with long, stout, and branching | 

 spines. j 



Genus ^ — 1. Smaller than the butterflies of Genus 8. 2. Wings'! 43 



deeply incised. 3. Colors red and brown. 4. Under >, 

 side of hind wings has usually a silvery or golden dot and | ^^RAPTA. 

 curved line or both, imitating difierent punctuation marks. J 



Genus I'i. — 1. Antennae very slender. 2. Hind wings scalloped.] 44 



3. Discal area open on both wings, 4. Larva like that K^,.^^,,^^, 

 o^ Genus 4. 5. Colors dark. J LIMENITIS 



Genus 11. — 1. Wings entire. 2. Veins of fore wings swelled atl 45 



their base. 3. Discal area open on hind wings only. 



4. Color wood-brown and ornamented, especially beneath, I hippaR- 

 with eye-like spots. 5. The imago has a short, quick, \ CHIA. 

 jerky flight. 6. Larva green, smooth, spindle-shaped or I 

 cylindrical, and hind end notched. j 



The genus Hipparchia in Harris is subdivided in Packard into Satyrus, 

 Chionobas, Hipparchia, and Neonymphia, a group with the above characters 

 in common. 



Genera 12, 13 and 14 have the following characters in common: — 1. 

 Small, delicate, and of great beauty. 2. Palpi elongated. 3. Wings en- 

 tire. 4, Hind pair are often once or double tailed. 5. Larvae slug-like 

 in movement. 



Genv^\2. — 1. Coppery red above. 2. Larva feeds on the sorrel.] ^6 



3. There are three broods of butterflies in a year. | npHAYUS 



