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FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE. 



BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES. 



Nyniphiiliilao Swains.; Nymphales Linn.; Ileteropodes Hortin. 



Xyniphae Korkli.; Nyniplialidi Boisil.; Cliilopodiforni or Soolopendriform .stirps 



Xymphalia-f Festiva (irav. ; Xymphaliens 



Hlanch.-HruUC; Xyniphalii Lucas. 

 Papilionida (pars) Leach; Fapiiionidcs (pars) 



Bill),; Papilionidae (pars) Sam. ; Pai)ili- 



onites (pars) Xewm. 

 Tetrapodes Dalni. ; Tetrapi Guen. 



Ilorsf. 

 Suspensi Boisd.; Suspensa (pars) Gerst. 

 Pendulae Boisd. 

 Detogcntcs (pars) Xewiu. 

 Fusifornics (pars) Guen. 



The insect Ie<rions, prank'd with ,i:;audiest hues, 

 Pearl, gold, and purple, swarm'd into existence. 

 Minute and marvellous creations these. 



. . . some proudly shone 

 Like living jewels ; some grotesque, uncouth, 

 And hideous . . . 



Those lived deliciously on honey-dews. 

 And dwelt in palaces ht hlosson'ied bells. 

 Millions on millions, wing'd and plumed in front, . . . 

 FillM the dim atmosphere with hum and hurry. 



Montgomery.— Pf;Z ican Island. 



Imago. Ordinarily of medium or large size. Head pretty large, apart from the eyes 

 compact, full, of nearly equal dimensions ; front well developed, full, not far from 

 square but usually broader than high, occupying nearly the whole anterior face of the 

 head and nearly or quite half of the summit, its low' er outer angles slightly truncate, the 

 upper posterior border descending to meet the occiput, with which it forms a transverse 

 channel between the antennae, — reduced in the Euploeinae to a mere furrow; occiput 

 not greatly developed, although sometimes quite protuberant, of vaiwing shape Jnit 

 almost always broader than long and occupying one-half the summit. Tongue inserted 

 opposite, or a little below, the middle of the loAver half of the eye; papillae of tongue 

 long and slender, usually appressed, often swollen in the middle or toward the tip, 

 with a blunt rounded apex, bearing a smaller short central process, often surrounded 

 by five exceedingly delicate thorns, nearly or quite as long as itself, --the extension of 

 the then longitudinally ribbed sides of the main papilla ; they are attached to the under 

 surface of the tongue near but not upon the outer edge, and are confined to the terminal 

 fifth or less; they ai'e usually closely crowded in a single row, but sometimes are 

 slightly separated and in the higher forms are placed in crowded douI)le rows ; at the 

 extreme tip of the tongue they form a little cluster both above and ])elow and here are 

 usually smaller and less slender than elsewhere. Eyes prominent. Antennae inserted 

 near together, not infringing on the eyes and placed entirely within tlie sides of the 

 front, furnished with a straiglit or drooping club. 



Prothoracic lobes pretty large and tumid. Thorax pretty stout, the tipper sur- 

 face considerably arched, the anterior sides of the niesoscutellum project! njr some- 



