THE sunFA^riT.Y satyrtxae. 115 



Tabic of anhfarailiea, hasfid on the mnljtrp catprpillnr. 



Last .segment bifurcate (in all New Enf^Iand species). 



Head crowneil Ity sinipl<' apijcndaj^es or l)y none Satyrinae. 



Head crowned by a l)rancbin.i;- aiM'cndaire Chlorlppe. 



r.,ast sciiincnt ruuiided. entire. 



Rudy covered witb spines Nyinphalinae (excl. Cbiori]iiH'). 



Body witliont spines. 



Body fnrnislied willi a lew lon^- llesliy lllanients Eiiploeinae. 



Body covered w ii b pile only Libytheinae. 



Table of subfamilies, based on. Uie chrystdis. 



Witli (i;enerally numerous) conspicuous prominences Nymphalinae. 



Wliolly unpi'ovided witli conspicuous i^roniinences. 



Exceedintcly pkinip and fui'nisbcd witli a series of minute tubercles on a transverse altdo- 



niinal ridi^e Euploeinae. 



Of ordinary sienderness and witb no transverse rid.u:es (in Xew Enj;land species). 

 A mediodorsal abdonnnal carina. 



Front of bead deeply excised between ocellar tubercles Chlorippe. 



Front of bead scarcely excised between ocellar tubercles Libytheinae. 



Xo mediodorsal abdonnnal carina Satyrinae. 



Table of subfamilies, based on the imar/o. 



Some of the nervures of fore wings swollen at the base. Palpi slender, strongly compressed. 



heavily fringed with long scale-hairs Satyrinae. 



None of the nervures swollen. Paljji rather stout, not greatly compressed, the fringe slight, 

 short and delicate. 



Antennae nalced Euploeinae. 



Antennae clothed abundantly with scales. 



Palpi not so long as the thorax; fore-legs of both sexes atrophied and imperfect 



Nymphalinae. 



Palpi niuch longer than the thorax ; fore-legs of rf atrophied, of ? normal, except in 



being sliorter than the others Libytheinae 



SUBFAMILY SATYPvINAE. 



SATYRS OR MEADOW BROWNS. 



Satyrinae Bates; Satyri Fabr. ; Satyridac Oreades Borkh. 



Swains. ; Satyrides Boisd. ; Satyrites Praetores + Dictatores Ilerbst. 



Blanch.-Brull6; Satyroidae AVall.; Saty- Thysanuriform stirps (pars) Horsf. 



ritae Lucas; Satyrina IIerr.-S<'haeff. ; Saty- Hipparchiides Kirb. 



ridi Staint. Limaciformes (pars) Newm. 



Papiliones nymphales gemmati Wien. Yerz. Fun'ulae (Juen. 



Fluttering like some vain, ])ainted butterfly 

 From glade to glade along tlie forest patli. 



Arxolp.— 7V(e Lif/lit of Asia. 



ImagOt Bntterflies of medium size. Head of moderate size ; front tumid, protu- 

 berant below; antennae inserted in a common, transverse hollow, separatins: the front 

 from the vertex, very slender, scaled, straight, as lomi as or lonsrer than the abdomen, 

 consistinsi of about ;W-1.> joints, the limits of the club ill-detined. occupyinf; from 

 one-fourth to one-half of the apex in a gradually enlariring area; palpi slender, the 



