772 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Table of subfamilies, based on the caterpillar at birth. 



Body with cliitiiious .lorsal ami substigmata) shields on every segment, to which the haired pa- 

 pillae are eoiiliiied. and only sul)dorsaI annuli Lemoniiiiae. 



Body withehilinoiis dorsal shields of greater or less extent and distinctness only on first tlio- 

 raoio and last abdominal segments, no snbstigmatal shields, and with anmili on the sides of 

 the body Lycaeiiinae. 



Table of subfamilies, based on the matttre caterpillar. 



Head at least half as broad as the middle of the body; the latter scarcely onisciform 



Lemoniinae. 



Head less, generally far less, than half as broad as the middle of the body ; the latter more or 



less onisciform Lycaeninae. 



Table of subfamilies, based on the chrtjsalis. 



Body elongate, sparsely clothed with long hairs Lemoniinae. 



Body contracted, sparsely or densely clothed with short hairs or other dermal appendages 



Lycaeninae. 



Table of subfamilies, based on the imago. 



Labial jialpi minute, only theminuti' a])ical joint surpassing the face; fore wings proviilcd with 

 a distinct internal nervure; hin<l wings scarcely channeled to receive the abdomen, furnished 

 with a precostal nervure, the costal nervure only runningto the middle of the costal margin; 

 fore tarsiof male, w-ith rare exceptions, without spines or claws Lemoniinae. 



Labial palpi well developed, porrect, half or more of the middle joint surpassing the face; fore 

 wings with excessively brief, hardly perceptible, internal nervure; hind wings channeled on 

 basal half to receive the abdomen, without a precostal nervure. the costal nervure running 

 nearly to the eml of the costal inargiti; fore tarsi of male armed abundantly beneath and at 

 tip with spines Lycaenin ae. 



SUBFAMILY LEMONIINAE. 



ERYCINIDS. 



Vestales Herbst. nides Boisd.; Erycinidae AVestw. ; Erycin- 



Napaeaelllibner. ites Blanch.-BrulM; Erycinitae Luc; Ery- 



Amphipodcs Hoflnianscgg. eininallerr.-Schaett". 



Anopluriform stirps Horsfield. Heteropodcs Walleugr. ; Heteropi Guen. 



Erycinae or Polyommatidae Swains. ; Eryci- Lemoniidae Kirby. 



. . . Bright butterflies 

 Fluttered their vans, azure and green and gold. 



Arnold.— The Light of Asia. 



Imago, Head rather small ; front a little tumid, a little protuber.ant below ; vertex- 

 separated from occiput by u partial sulcation in the form of a central pit; antennae 

 consisting of thirty-two joints in our only genus, very slender, thread-like, scaled, 

 about half as long again as the aljdoinen, the club rather distinct, long and equal, 

 occupying about one-tlfthof the antennae; palpi very small and short, compressed 

 and , with few exceptions, only the minute apical joint surpassing the face. Thorax slen- 

 der, scarcely compressed; posterior angle of niesoscntellum well rounded. Fore 



