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MR. H. W. BATES ON THE LEPIDOPTERA 



the order Lcpidoptera, as being the perfection of the Lepidopterous type. This position 

 might be disputed with them l)y the Satyrince on account of the degree of atrophy of the 

 fore legs, which is perhaps as great in some species of Satyrhm as it is in the most 

 advanced genera of Danaoid Reliconklce. The order of affinities does not range in a 

 line ; there are branches ; and so it may happen that two groups may be nearly equal in 

 their grade of perfection through each standing at the head of its branch. The true 

 relationships of the groups of Ehopalocera may be therefore better explained by a diagram. 



Danaoid IIcliconultB 

 Danaina; 



I Satyrinse 



Brassolinse 



I . I 



Nymphalinee 



Acrseinae 



. I 

 Heliconinfe 



Libythseina; 



Stalachlinae 



Eryciniuce 



. i 

 Lvctenidoe 



PierinsR 



I.. 

 Papilioiiiuse 



Hesperidie 

 HETEROCERA (Moths). 



Subfamily DANAIN^. 

 A. Danain.e proper 



[Dcnuiidd! of authors). 



(icnus DanaIs, Latreillo. 

 1. Dawis Ekipits, Cramer. 

 l'(//)///n Erijijws, Cram. Paj). Kxot. t. .5. f". A, B. 



\ (.•oinriioii and ucll-knowii insect. It is loLiiid in waste grounds aiui (ipni jilaces 

 everywIiriT llirou^lioiil the rci^ion of the Lower Amazons. Its larva feeds on .Isclcpias 

 Cirvdsnorictt. 



■1. Danais (iii.ii'i'rs, Ci-aiiier. 



I'li/i/l/o Cilipjius, Cram. I'ap. V.\o\. t. ^C. f. C, I"). 



Tliis is a rarer species (liaii the foregoing. Il is found in similai- situations at Para. 



