GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



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belong to this family. The Gossamer-winged 

 butterflies [Figs. 186, 187] are also proportion- 

 ally a little less abundant in America than in 



PIG. 184. Chlorippe Lycaon; a, eggs on under side of leaf : b, caterpillar ; 

 ', d, chrysalis ; e, upper surface of male butterfly ; the dotted line at left mdi- 

 ates the contour of the wing of the female ; nat. size (Kiley). 



c, 

 cates 



Europe, while the Typical butterflies are slightly 

 more abundant. The balance on the American 



FIG. 185. Chlorippe Lycaon ; /, egg, nat. size and X 18 ; </, caterpillar ; A, 

 under surface of male butterfly ; i-m, the heads of caterpillars from first to fifth 

 stages, nat. size and magnified ; n, o, top and side view of one segment of 

 caterpillar, enlarged (Riley). 



side, however, is made up in the lowest family, 

 since nearly one third of the American fauna is 

 composed of Skippers [Fig. 188], while scarcely 



