OF PLATE A 



Fig. a. Magnified scales of butterflies. 1, ordinary scale of Papilio; 2, do. of Colias; 3 

 androconium, or scale from wing of male Neonympha eurytus; 4, do. of male Pieris, 

 oleracea; 5, do. of male Lyccena pseudargiolus (Figs. 1-2 after Verity; Figs. 3-5 

 after Scudder). 



Fig. b . Patch of scales on wing of Pieris napi (after Verity). 

 Fig. c . Body of Anosia plexippus. 



I. Head. 1, antenna; 2, eye; 3, proboscis; 4, palpus; cl. clypeus; o, occiput. 

 II. Thorax. 5, prothoracic leg; 6, mesothoracic leg; 7, metathoracic leg; e, e, e, 

 episterna; c, c, c, coxse; tr., tr., trochanters of last two legs; f, f, femora of 

 do.; s, s, s, scuta of first, second, and third segments of thorax. 

 III. Abdomsn. 1-9 segments; sp., sp., spiracles (after Burgess). 

 Fig. d . Head and legs of (Eneis semidea, showing aborted front leg. 

 Fig. e. Palpus of Arc/ynnis aphrodite. 



Fig. f . Leg of Argynnis idalia. 1, coxa; 2, trochanter; 3, femur; 4, tibia; 5, tarsus. 

 Fig. g. Knobbed antenna of Arpynnis idalia. 

 Fig. h. Clubbed anttnna of Basilarchia astyanax. 

 Fig. i. Hooked antenna ::f Amblyscirtes vialis. 



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