TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



PREFATORY NOTE, ... \- - . - - - v 

 INTRODUCTION, ,.<..' \ 1 



STRUCTURE. 



CHAPTER 



I. THE EGG, 4 



II. THE CATERPILLAR, - 13 



III. THE CHRYSALIS, 34 



IV. THE BUTTERFLY, - 51 

 V. THE INTERNAL ORGANS OF CATERPILLARS, - 76 



VI. THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS 



DURING GROWTH, - 89 



LIFE AND RELATIONSHIP. 



VII. HABITS, 97 



VIII. SEASONAL CHANGES AND HISTORIES, - 127 



IX. THE COLORING OF BUTTERFLIES, WITH FURTHER 



HISTORIES, - - - - - - 159 



X. DIVERSITY OF THE SEXES IN COLORING AND STRUC- 

 TURE, ...... . 180 



XI. THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORNAMENTA- 

 TION, - 207 

 XII. ANCESTRY AND CLASSIFICATION, - - - 226 

 XIII. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION THE COLONIZATION 



OF NEW ENGLAND, - - 260 



APPENDIX. 



I. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTING, REARING, PRESERV- 

 ING, AND STUDYING, - - - - - - - 273 



