Table of Contents 



THE BOOK 



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The Butterflies of North America North of Mexico. 



Family I. Nyniphalida-, the Brush-footed Butterflies . . 77 



Subfamily Eitplcriiuv, the Milkweed Buttertlies ... 80 



Subfamily Ithomiince, the Long-winged Butterflies . . 85 



Subfamily HeliconiiiKV, the Heliconians 91 



Subfimily Nyiiipbaliiia\ the Nymphs 93 



Subfamily Satyrina', the Satyrs, Meadow-browns, and 



Arctics 197 



Subfamily Libytbeina\ the Snout-butterflies .... 226 



Family II. Lemoniidce 228 



Subfamily Erycinince, the Metal-marks 228 



F;\mily III. Lycmiidce 2}6 



Subfamily Lyccvnina:, the Hair-streaks, the Blues, and 

 the Coppers 2}6 



Family IV. Papilionidcv, the Swallowtails and Allies . . 272 

 Subfamily Pierincv, the Whites, the Sulphurs, the 



Orange-tips 272 



Subfamily Papiliouiiicv, the Parnassians and Swallowtails 304 



Family V. Hesperiidce, the Skippers . 318 



Subfamily Pyrrhopygiiice 319 



Subfamily Hesperiiua', the Hesperids 320 



Subfamily Pamphilince 339 



Subfamily Megathymince, genus Megathymus .... 367 



DIGRESSIONS AND aUOTATIONS 



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immortality (Sigourney) 37 



Hugo's "Flower to Butterfly" (Translated by Eugene Field) 74 



Superstitions (Frank Cowan) 90 



Luther's Saddest Experience (Yale Literary Magazine, 1852) 100 



A Race after a Butterfly 127 



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