mon in the hot parts of the Gulf States, thence ranging all over the American tropics. Ex 

 panse 2.5 to 3.5 inches. 



SUBFAMILY NYMPHALIN^ (THE NYMPHS) 



The butterflies belonging to this subfamily are usually medium-sized or large, although 

 some are very small. Antennae usually as long as, or longer than, the abdomen, more or 

 less heavily clothed with scales. Palpi stout, densely clothed with hairs and scales. Thorax 

 stout or very robust. Fore wings relatively broad, ^xcept in certain forms which mimic 

 the HeliconiincB, produced at apex, more or less excavated on outer margin; discoidal cell 

 generally less than half the length of wing, and in most genera closed; costal vein ter- 

 minating behind the middle of the front margin of the wing; the two inner subcostal nervules 

 given off before, the outer subcostals beyond, the end of the cell. Hind wings rounded, or 

 angulated, with the outer border either rounded, scalloped, or tailed, the inner border always 

 forming a channel for the reception of the abdomen; discoidal cell often open, or closed by 

 an almost imperceptible veinlet. Eggs conoid, barrel-shaped, or globular, variously orna- 

 mented. Larva when hatched with minute wart-like eminences, each bearing a hair, the hairs 

 in later stages being replaced in many forms by branching spines. Chrysalis suspended, 

 variously ornamented, often having on the dorsal surface raised eminences, and the head 

 bifurcate. 



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