CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



CHAP. PAGE. 



I. THE OPJGIN OF THE LEPIDOPTEBA ... ... ... 1 



II. THE OVUM OR EGG ... ... ... ... 6 



III. EMBRYOLOGY OF A LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECT ... ... 16 



IV. PARTHENOGENESIS OR AGAMOGENESIS IN LEPIDOPTERA ... 23 



V. EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVA ... 80 



VI. INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVA ... 51 



VII. VARIATION OF THE IMAGINES OF LEPIDOPTERA ... ... GO 



VIII. PROTECTIVE COLORATION AND DEFENSIVE STRUCTURES OF 



LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVAE ... ... ... ... 76 



IX. CLASSIFICATION OF LEPIDOPTERA 102-112 



PART II. 



THE SPHINGO-MICROPTERYGID STIRPS ... ... ... 113 



THE MICROPTERYGIDES ... ... ... ... 129 



THE NEPTICULIDES ... ... ... ... 162 



THE COCHLIDIDES (OR EUCLEIDEs) ... ... ... 860 



THE ANTHROCERIDES ... ... ... ... 888 



INDEX .. 547-560 



