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[November, iqo2 



Subfamily NYMPHALINAE. 

 Tribe Argvnnini. 



Butterfly : Club of antennae very short 

 and abruptly incrassated, subspatulate 

 with no inferior carination or a smgle 

 one; palpi large and bushy, the ter- 

 minal joint extremely short; cell of hind 

 wings closed; tibiae and tarsi clothed 

 with spines above. Egg: Sides with 

 vertical ribs from base to summit, the 

 whole egg rapidly narrowing in upper 

 half. CaterpiUcir at birth : Hairs of 

 body much longer than the segments, 

 spiculiferous, apically enlarged, aligned 

 throughout. Mature caterpillar: Body 

 covered with ranged corneous sparsely 

 aculiferous spines (none of which are 

 mediodorsal) crowned by an independ- 

 ent needle. Chrysalis: Abdomen with- 

 out ridges ; head independently swollen ; 

 base of wings with a pair of tubercles ; 

 cremaster short, stout, and equal. 



Tribe Vanessini. 



Butterfly : Club of antennae moder- 

 ately long, more or less abruptly incras- 

 sated, with three inferior carinations ; 

 palpi stout with rather coarse and brist- 

 ling vestiture, the last joint moderately 

 lon^g ; second superior subcostal nervule 

 of fore wings arising before the tip of 

 the wing; two (rarely four) rows of 

 spines on under side of last tarsal joint ; 

 terminal appendages of male abdomen 

 closely concealed by the last segment. 

 Egg: Sides with strongly compressed 

 vertical ribs from base to summit, much 



higher on upper than on lower half. 

 Caterpillar at birth: Hairs of body 

 much longer than the segments, not 

 spiculiferous, distinctly disaligned be- 

 tween thoracic and abdominal segments. 

 Mature caterpillar : Body covered with 

 ranged corneous sparsely aculiferous 

 spines (some of which are mediodorsal) 

 crowned by an independent needle. 

 Chrysalis: Abdomen without ridges; 

 head independently swollen ; base of 

 wings with a pair of tubercles; cre- 

 master long, slender, and tapering. 



Tribe Nymphalini. 

 Butterfly : Club of antennae long and 

 very gradually incrassated with four in- 

 ferior carinations; palpi slender with 

 compact vestiture and very short ter- 

 minal joint; precostal nervure of hind 

 wings arising opposite the parting of the 

 costal and subcostal nervures ; under 

 surface of last tarsal joints with four 

 rows of spines. Egg: Sides reticulate 

 with filamentous projections. Caterpillar 

 at birth: Hairs of body not longer or 

 scarcely longer than the segments, the 

 ranged papillae dissimilar in size. Ma- 

 ture caterpillar: Body furnished irreg- 

 ularly with denticulate or stellate tu- 

 bercles. Chrysalis: Abdomen without 

 ridges; head' independently swollen; 

 base of wings with only a single tubercle ; 

 mesonotum with a striking median prom- 

 inence. 



Tribe Apaturini. 

 Butterfly : Club of antennae long and 

 gradually incrassated with three inferior 



