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Table of subfamilies, based on the caterpillnr nt hivlh. 



Elevations forming tbc support of the dornml appendages of the body iiivaiiiibly simple, bear- 

 ing a single bristle I'ierinae. 



At least some, often nearly all, the elevations forming the support of the dermal appemlngcs of 

 the body compound, bearing several, sometimes many bristles I'apilioninae. 



Table of subfamilies, based on the mature caterpillar. 



Head moderately small for the body, above with a distinct though short, i)OStcriorly descend- 

 ing surface; no osinatcrla, but the body studded with nunurous bristle-supporting papillae, 

 many of the bristles apically cnhuged; body never enlarged in any part, though often taper- 

 ing forward in the thoracic region Ploriuae. 



Head very small for the body, above with no posteriorly descending surface whatever; lirst 

 thoracic segment furnished above with a forked extensile osmaterium, or scent organ; most 

 of the surface of the body naked,* with exceedingly few fine hairs (some of which are 

 apically enlarged) mounted on little papillae; body frequently enlarged at the posterior part 

 of the thoracic region Papilioiiiiiae. 



Table of subfamilies, based on the chrysalis. 



Anterior extremity ending in a single conical projection thrust some distance in trout of the 

 base of the antennae; dorsal ridges of thorax and abdomen wholly mediodorsal. ..I'ieriuae. 



Anterior extremity either ending in a pair of i)rojections thrust some distance in front of the 

 antennae (us in all eastern American forms), or with rounded front not projecting lieyond 

 the base of the antennae (Parnassidi), occasiomilly (Thais) with a double knob of hooks for 

 the anterior fixation of the chrysalis; dorsal ridges of thorax and abdomen mostly latero- 

 dorsal Papiliouinae. 



Table nf subfamilies, based on the imago. 



Antennae straight ; median nervure of fore wings with three branches; hind wings partially 

 enclosing the aljdomen; fore tibiae with no epiphysis; claws bifid Pierinae. 



Antennae more or less arcuate; median nervure of fore wings with four branches ; hind wings 

 not enclosing the abdomen ; fore tibiae with a distinct epiphysis on the inner side ; claws 

 simple and long PapUloniuae. 



SUBFAMILY PIERINAE. 



Danai candidi Liun.; Danai Borkh.; Candida ridae Doubl.; Pierioides Koch; Pierinae 



Grav. Kates; Pieridina Herr.-Schaeft". 



Andropoda Hiibner. Ilelic.onides Wallengrcn. 



Pierides Boisd. ; PieritesBlanch.-Brullii; Pie- Granulosae GuencJe. 



So gliicklich was s' : sei hadd binah vergeten, 

 Bat sei in 't Gottshus giing. un up en Hor 

 Hadd s' niit dat Sang'ltauk nah eu BotttTvagel smetcn. 

 So glucklich stunn liitt Durtcn dor! 



Reuter.— /)e ifeiV nah Belligen. 



Imago. Butterflies of medium size. Head rather large; front more or less tumid, 

 nsually most so in the middle; occiput with a transverse, elevated field behind the 

 antennae, whose front edge is abrupt, giving it the aspect of a ridge; antennae rather 

 slender, scaled, straight, of about the length of the abdomen, consisting of from 

 thirty to forty-flve joints, the club usually rather distinct, cylindrical or depressed, 

 varying considerably in form, occupying from a fourth to an eighth of the whole 



•At least in the Papilionidi, which is the only tribe found in eastern America. 



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