Index 



cybele, 106 ; diana, 103 ; edwardsi, 119 ; 

 egleis, 126 ; electa, in ; eurynome, 125 ; 

 halcypne, 116; hesperis, 112; hippolyta, 

 112 ; idalia, 103 ; inornata, 122 ; lais, 109 ; 

 laura, 120 ; leto, 105 ; liliana, 119 ; maca- 

 ria, 121 ; meadi, 119; monticola, 114; 

 montivaga, 126 ; nausicaa, 108 ; neva- 

 densis, 118 ; nitpcris, 105 ; nokomis, 104 ; 

 opis, 124; oweni, 109; platina, 117 ; pur- 

 purescens, 114; rhodope, 115 ; rupestris, 

 120 ; semiramis, 121 ; snyderi, 118 ; ze- 

 rene, 113 



ariadne, Colias, 29 



ariane, Satyrus, 216 



Aristolochia, 315, 316 



army-worm, 257 



Arnold, Sir Edwin, quotations from, 214, 

 258 



arota, Chrysophanus, 252 



arrangement, of specimens, 52 ; of species, 

 62 



arsace, Thecla, 248 



arthemis, Basilarchia, 184 



Arthropoda, definition of, 59 ; subdivisions 



of, 59 



artonis, Argynnis, 123 

 Asama-yama, volcano, 150 

 Asclepias, 81 

 Asimina triloba, 308 

 astarte, Brenthis, 135 

 aster, Lycaena, 266 

 asterias, Papilio, 314 

 Astragalus, 240 

 astyanax, Basilarchia, 184 

 atala, Eumaeus, 237, 370 

 atalanta, Pyrameis, 170 

 Atalopedes, genus, 352 ; huron, 352 

 atlantis, Argynnis, 108 

 atossa, Argynnis, 122 

 Atrytone, genus, 363 ; delaware, 365 ; me- 



lane, 365 ; pocahontas, 364 ; taxiles, 365 ; 



vitellius, 364 ; zabulon, 364 

 attalus, Erynnis, 349 

 augusta, Melitaea, 141 

 augustus, Thecla, 247 

 ausonides, Euchloe, 283 

 australis, Calephelis, 233 

 autolycus, Thecla, 241 

 Azalea occidentals , 166 



bachmanni, Libythea, 227 



bairdi, Papilio, 313 



baits for butterflies, 32 



Banded Reds, The, 175 



Baptisia, 333 



Barbauld, Mrs., quotation from, 76 



barnesi, Phyciodes, 155 



baroni, Melitaea, 141 ; Satyrus, 216 



base of wing, 19 



Basilarchia, genus, 182 ; arthemis, 184 ; 



astyanax, 183 ; disippus, 3, 8, 84, 185 ; 



eros, 186 ; floridensis, 186 ; hulsti, 84, 



185 ; lorquini, 185 ; prpserpina, 184 ; 



pseudodorippus, 185 ; weidemeyeri, 185 

 Bates, H. W., on study of butterflies, 3; as 



a collector, 338 

 batesi, Phyciodes, 154 

 bathyllus, Thorybes, 325 

 battoides, Lycaena, 264 

 beani, Melitaea, 140 



beating for lepidoptera, 33 



beckeri, Pieris, 277 



Beelzebub, the " god of flies," 334 



behrensi, Argynnis, 115 



behri, Colias, 294 ; Parnassius, 306 ; Thecla, 



247 



bellona, Brenthis, 134 



Belt, " Naturalist in Nicaragua," 91 



berenice, Anosia, 84 



bischoffi, Argynnis, 124 



Blake & Co., forceps, 56 



bleaching wings of butterflies, 20 



blenina, Thecla, 245 



blow-fly, holding middle place in scale of 

 animal existence, 271 



Blues, The, 236, 258 ; Arrow-head, 262 ; 

 Aster, 266 ; Behr's, 260, 264 ; Boisduval's, 

 260 ; Bright, 259 ; Colorado, 264 ; Com- 

 mon, 267; Couper's, 261 ; Dotted, 264; 

 Dwarf, 269; Eastern tailed, 268; Eyed, 

 261; Florida, 269; Gray, 263; Greenish, 

 260 ; Indian River, 270 ; Labrador, 263 ; 

 Marine, 270; Orange-margined, 265; 

 Pygmy, 269, 271 ; Reakirt's, 268 ; Rustic, 

 263 ; Scudder's, 265 ; Shasta, 265 ; Silvery, 

 262 ; Small, 262 ; Sonora, 263 ; Varied, 

 259 ; Western tailed, 268 ; West Indian, 

 270 



Bcehmeria, 170 



Boisduval, Dr. J. A., 70 



Boisduval and Leconte, " Histoire Ge'ne'- 

 rale et Monographic des Lepidopteres et 

 des Chenilles de I'Amdrique Septentrio- 

 nale," 70 



boisduvali, Brenthis, 132 



Boisduval's Marble, 285 



bolli, Melitaea, 147 



Books about North American Butterflies, 



*? 



boopis, Satyrus, 216 



borealis, Calephelis, 232 



boxes for preserving collections, 48 



brain, 22, 23 



breeding butterflies, 34-37 



breeding-cages, 35, 36 



bremneri, Argynnis, 113 



Brenthis, genus, 128, 224 ; alberta, 135 ; 

 astarte, 135; bellona, 134; boisduvali,. 

 132 ; chariclea, 132 ; epithore, 135 ; freija, 

 132 ; frigga, 133 ; helena, 131 ; montinus, 

 131 ; myrina, 129 ; polaris, 133 ; triclaris, 

 130 



brettus, Thymelicus, 351 



brevicauda, Papilio, 313 



British Museum, 338 



brizo, Thanaos, 332 



bronchial tubes, 22 



Brongniart, M. Charles, 196 



Brooklyn Entomological Society, 73 



Brown, The Gemmed, 202; Henshaw's, 

 202 



brucei, CEneis, 223; Papilio, 313 



Brush-footed Butterflies. See Nymphalidae 



bryoniae, Pieris, 279 



Buckeye, The, 173 



Buckland, Frank, story of, 68 



' ' Bulletin Brooklyn Entomological Society, " 



73 



bumblebees in Australia, 256 

 Butterflies' Fad, The, 186 



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