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INSECTS. 



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Family 6.— ACE^ID^. (1 Genus, 90 Species.) 



The genus Acrcea is especially abundant in the Ethiopian 

 region, which contains two-thirds of all the known species ; 3 or 

 4 species only, range over the whole Oriental, and most of the 

 Australian regions ; while all the rest inhabit the same districts 

 of the Neotropical region as the Brassolidse. 



Family 7.— HELICONID.^. (2 Genera, 114 Species.) 



Genekal Distribution. 



The true Heliconidse are very characteristic of the Neotropical 

 region ; one species only extending into the Southern States of 

 North America as far as Florida. The genus Heliconius (83 

 sp.), has the range of the family ; while Eueides (19 sp.), is con- 

 fined to the Brazilian and Central American sub-regions. 



Family 8.— NYMPHALID^. (113 Genera, 1490 Species.) 



General Di.stribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pal^arctic I Ethiopi.vn 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



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1.2.3.4 



This is the largest and most universally distributed family of 

 butterflies, and is well illustrated by our common Fritillaries, 



