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regions), Apaturina (Amboina), Mynes, Prothoe, Hypochrysops, 

 Ogyris, Trapezites (Australia), and Hesperilla (Australia). The 

 great Priamus group of Ornithoptera, with its green, blue, and 

 golden-yellow species, is entirely confined to this region, which, 

 nevertheless, is rather poor in Butterflies, especially South 

 Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, though these countries 

 are very rich in remarkable genera of Moths. 



V. NEARCTIC REGION. 



See Palccarctic Region (suprd). 



VI. NEOTROPICAL REGION. 



It is no exaggeration to say that more than half the known 

 Butterflies come from the Neotropical Region. 



The whole of Mexico should probably be included in this 

 region, but hardly Cuba, which has very strong affinities with 

 Florida. Many of the species of the remaining larger West 

 Indian islands, except those generally met with throughout 

 Tropical America, have a peculiar character of their own, ex- 

 cept Trinidad, which is zoologically part of Venezuela. Whole 

 sub-families or even families of Butterflies are almost peculiar 

 to Tropical America, such as the Ithotniince, Brassolincz^ Heli- 

 coniina, Lcmoniidce (except the Libytheincz and a very few 

 Nemeobiina? h and a very large proportion of the Ifesperiidce, 

 &c. Among a few of the more characteristic genera not in- 

 cluded in the groups already mentioned we may notice, 

 Lymanopoda, Pronophila^ Corades^ Morpho, Cethosia, Dione, 

 Clothilda, Gybdelis, Catonephele^ Dynamine, Catagramma> 

 Ageronia, Prepona, Megalura^ Adelpha, Agrias, Anaa, 

 Pereute, Archonias^ Hesperocharis^ Dismorphia, Perrhybtis, 

 Daptoneura^ Euryades, and whole sections of Apatura, Papilw, 

 and other wide-ranging genera. 



The Equatorial Regions, and especially Tropical America, 



