i8 SYNOPSIS OF THE FAMILIES. 



II, — L&liI0ZTIID2S, with the Forelegs small, slender, imperfect, but more developed 

 than in the Nymphalidce ; those of the males brush-like and clothed with long hairs, the tarsus 

 without joints or claws ; of ihe/emales, longer, slender, scaly, tarsus with the joints longer and 

 more distinct than in the A^mphaluitz. FOREWlNG, subcostal nervure generally with only 

 three branches, the disco-cellulars very slender. AH of small size. 



I.— LIBYTH^INiE : Body, robust; antenn.«, short, stout, incrassate, or gradually clavate ; PALPr, 

 very lon^^ protruding, united at tip, forming a long conical beak ; cell, in both wings, closed ; FORB- 

 WING, very falcate, upper disco-cellular minute. 



11. — NEMEOBIINj'E : Bonv, slender, or somewhat robust; antennae, moderately long, slender, and 

 abruptly clubbed ; palpi, very small and slender, scarcely advanced in front of the face, the last joint 

 nearly naked; cell, in both wings, closed ; forkwing, with the upper disco-cellular obliterated ; hind- 

 wing, very variable in shape, slightly channelled to receive the abdomen. 



III.— LYOiZBlTIDJE, with the Forelegs slender and evidently smaller than the rest, 

 but nearly alike in the sexes, used for walking, scaly ; tarsus of the male long, exarticulate, 

 that of the female jointed like in the hindlegs. FoREWiNG, with the subcostal nervure 

 emitting only two, or three, branches ; the discoidal cell generally narrow owing to the distance 

 between the costal and subcostal nervures. All but one or two of small size. BoDY, rather 

 slender ; antennae, short, often ringed with white, with an elongate distinct club ; PALPI, 

 elongate, terminal Joint, slender, horizontal, and nearly naked. Hindwing, scarcely channelled 

 to receive the abdomen, often with one or more slender tails ; precostal nervure apparently 

 wanting. 



IV,_PAPILI01TIDiE, with ALL SIX LEGS perfect. Wings, with the discoidal cells 

 always completely closed ; some of the subcostal nervules of the forevving emitted beyond the 

 end of the cell. 



I.— PIERIN^ : Body, slender, or moderately robust : antenn.b, elongate, with an ovate club, or short, 

 incrassate and truncate ; palpi, rather long, porrect, often hairy ; forevving, -with lower discoidal 

 nervule manifestly distinct from the median nervure ; hindwing, channelled to receive the abdpmttt ; 

 TIBIA of foreleg without any spur in the middle. 



II. — PAPILIONIN^iE : Body, short, somewhat robust ; antenn.«, gradually clavate, club elongate, some- 

 times tapering; palpi, short (except in Teinopalpus), pressed close to the face, densely clothed with 

 scales and hairs ; forewing, ■with the lower discoidal nervule united to the third median, and appear- 

 ing like a fourth median nervule ; hindwing, never channelled to receive the abdomen ; tibia of fore- 

 leg, with a stout spur about the middle. 



v.- HESPEHlDiB, with ALL SIX legs perfect. Wings, with the discoidal cell 

 of hindwing slenderly, and often incompletely closed, subcostal nervure of forewing always 

 with four branches, all four emitted before end of cell. Of small size, very robust build and 

 rapid flight. Body ol all but a few veiy robust ; antennae, wide apart at base, with a thick 

 club, or strong curved hook at tip ; palpi, short, very broad, closely pressed against the face, 

 densely squamose. Hindlegs, generally with a pair of moveable spines at the tip of the tibiae, 

 and another pair in the middle ; Middle lrcs with a pair of moveable spines at the tip of the 

 tibiae. 



The foregoing table is drawn up in accordance with the arrangement adopted in Kirby's 

 *' Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera," that being the only complete catalogue of the 

 suborder yet published ; but there are many points on which the arrangement is open to revision, 

 and possibly improvement, when the life-history of exotic Butterflies becomes more fully known. 

 The position of a few genera has already been altered. 



The primary divisions into families are based, as regards the perfect insect, mainly on the 

 structure of the legs, and especially on the extent of development of the forelegs. 



