CHAP. XXI.] 



INSECTS. 



473 



FAMILY 6. ACEMIDM. (1 Genus, 90 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



NEOTROPICAL 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



NEARCTIC 

 S UB-BEGIONS. 



PAL^EARCTIC I ETHIOPIAN J ORIENTAL 



SUB-REGIONS. SUB-RKGION& SUB-REGIONS. 



AUSTRAVIAN 

 SuB-REGIONa 



The genus Acrcea is especially abundant in the Ethiopian 

 region, which contains two-thirds of all the known species ; 3 or 

 4 species only, range over the whole Oriental, and most of the 

 Australian regions ; while all the rest inhabit the same districts 

 of the Neotropical region as the Brassolidse. 



FAMILY 7. HELICONULE. (2 Genera, ll^Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



NKOTROPICAL I NEARCTIC 

 SUB-REGION;. SUB-REGIONS. 



PAL/EARCTIC 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



ETHIOPIAN 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



ORIENTAL 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



AUSTRALIAN 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



2.3.4 



The true Heliconidse are very characteristic of the Neotropical 

 region ; one species only extending into the Southern States of 

 North America as far as Florida. The genus Heliconius (83 

 sp.), has the range of the family ; while Eueides (19 sp.), is con- 

 fined to the Brazilian and Central American sub-regions. 



FAMILY 8. NYMPHALIDJE. (113 Genera, 1490 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



This is the largest and most universally distributed family of 

 butterflies, and is well illustrated by our common Fritillaries, 



