BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



limited number of butterflies, than did the system of 

 Doubleday adopted in the great world- wide collection 

 which exists in the private entomological room of the 

 British Museum. 



The following table gives the first-mentioned arrange- 

 ment of all the British species under their respective 

 genera, sub-families, and families. The most authentic 

 of the reputed species are also here inserted in their 

 proper places. 



Fam. FAPILIONID^E. 

 Sub-fam. PAPILIONIDI. 

 PAPILIO Machaon. 



Podalirius. 

 Sub-fam. PIERIDI. 

 GONEPTERYX Rhamni. 

 COLIAS Edusa. 

 Hyale. 

 APORIA Crataegi. 

 PIERIS Brassicae. 



Rapae. 



Napi. 



Daplidice. 

 EUCHLOE Cardamines. 

 LEUCOPHASIA Sinapis. 



Fam. NYMPHALID^E. 



Sub-fam. SATYRIDI. 

 ARGE Galathea. 

 LASIOMMATA Egeria. 



Megaera. 

 HIPPARCHIA Semele. 



Janira. 

 Tithonas. 



Hyperanthus, 

 EREBIA Blandina. 



Ligea. 



Cassiope. 

 CJENONYMPHA Davus. 



PamphDus. 

 Sub-fam. NYMPHALIDI. 



LIMEKITIS Sybilla. 



APATURA Iris. 

 Sub-fam. VANESSIDI. 



CYNTHIA Cardui. 



VANESSA Atalanta. 



lo. 



Antiopa. 



Polychloros. 



Urticee. 

 GRAPTA C. Album. 



Sub-fam. ARGYNNIDI. 

 ARGYNNIS Paphia. 



Aglaia. 



Adippe. 



Lathonia. 



Euphrosyne. 



Selene. 



Dia. 

 MELITJEA Cinxia. 



Athalia. 



Artemis. 



Fam. ERYCINID^E. 

 NEMEOBIUS Lucina. 



Fain. LYC^ENID^E. 

 THECLA Betulae. 



Pruni. 



W. Album. 



Quercus. 



Rubi. 

 CHRYSOPHANUS Phlaeas. 



Chryseis. 



Dispar. 

 POLYOMMATUS Boeticus. 



Argiolus 



Alsus. 



Acis. 



Arion. 



Corydon. 



Adonis. 



Alexis. 



JEgon. 



Agestis. 



Artaxerxes. 



Fam. HESPERID^E. 

 PYRGUS Alveolus. 

 NISIONADES Tages. 

 STEROBES Paniscus. 

 PAMPHILA Actaeon. 



Linea. 



Sylvanus. 



Comma. 



It will be seen by the above list that seventy specie? 

 are given as British. Of these, five species, viz. Papilu 



