CONTENTS 



PART I 



STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE 

 LEPIDOPTERA 



CHAl'. 



I. GENERAL CHARACTERS . 1 



II. THE EGG . . . 16 



III. THE LARVA 22 



IV. THE PUPA OR CHRYSALIS ' . . 40 



V. CLASSIFICATION OF THE LEPIDOPTERA 55 



PART II 

 WORK AT HOME AND IN THE FIELD 



VI. CATCHING BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 63 



VII COLLECTING OVA, LARVAE, AND PUPJE . . . . ^T 98 



VIII. REARING LEPIDOPTERA 112 



IX. SETTING AND PRESERVING 122 



X. PRESERVING OVA, LARV^ AND PUP^E 130 



XI. THE CABINET - ARRANGEMENT OF SPECIMENS . 134 



PART III 



BRITISH BUTTERFLIES 



XII. THE SWALLOW-TAIL AND THE ' WHITES ' 139 



XIII. THE FBITILLARIES, VANESSAS, AND THE PURPLE EMPEROR . 154 



XIV. THE BROWNS AND HEATHS 173 



XV. THE HAIRSTREAKS, COPPERS AND BLUES .... 183 



XVI. THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY AND THE SKIPPERS . . . . 196 



