LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



The Ageronida were raised to the rank of a distinct family 

 through an error regarding their metamorphoses, and are now 

 included in the Nymphalidce. The Eurytelidce (except the 

 genus Elynmias, which is either referred to the Satyrida, or 

 regarded as a distinct family or sub-family), and even the 

 Morphidee, are also merged in the Nymphalid<z by some 

 authors, but all the other groups are still generally recognised, 

 either as families or sub-families. 



Bates, in a series of papers published from 1862 to iS6f>, 

 argued that the Butterflies with imperfect front legs should be 

 placed first in the arrangement, as being furthest removed 

 from the Moths ; and his views have been adopted by most 

 recent English and American Lepidopterists. Except that I re- 

 tained the Elymniinm and Morphitue, which Bates was inclined 

 to unite with the Nymphalince, as separate sub-families, and 

 that one or two names are changed, the arrangement which I 

 employed in my " Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidop 

 tera" (1871), is nearly the same as that of Bates : — 



I. Nymphalidae. II. Lemoniidae. 



Sub-fam. 1. Danainae. Sub-fam. 1. Libythaeinae. 



2. Satyrinse. „ 2. Nemeobiina^. 



3. Elymniinae. „ 3. Euselasiinas. 



4. Morphine. „ 4- Lemoniince. 

 ,, 5. Brassolinre. III. Lycaenidas. 



„ 6. Acraeinae. IV. Papilionidoe. 



7. Heliconinae. Sub-fam. 1. Pierinas. 



5. Nymphalinae. „ 2. Papilioninae. 



V. Hesperidai. 



The following summary shows the gradual increase in our 



knowledge of the species of Butterflies : — 



Species. 



1758. Linnaeus ... ... ... ••• 192 



1767- » 2 73 



