CHAP. XXI.] 



INSECTS. 



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Family 2.— SATYBID^E. (60 Genera, 835 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



This family has an absolutely universal distribution, extending 

 even into the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Many of the genera 

 are, however, restricted in their range. 



Hcetera, Lymanopoda, Galisto, Corades, Taygetis, Pronophila, 

 Euptychia, and some allied forms (25 genera in all) are Neotropi- 

 cal, the last named extending north to Canada ; Dcbis, Melanitis, 

 Mycalesis and Ypthima, are mostly Oriental, but extending also 

 into the Australian and the Ethiopian regions ; Gnaphodcs, 

 Leptoneura, and a few other small genera, are exclusively Ethio- 

 pian ; Xenica, Hypocista, and Hdcronymplia, are Australian ; Ere- 

 bia, Satyrus, Hipparchia, Ccenonympha, and allies, are mostly 

 Palaearctic, but some species are Ethiopian, and others Nearctic ; 

 Chionabas, is characteristic of the whole Arctic regions, but is 

 also found in Chili and the Western Himalayas. The peculiar 

 genera in each region are, — Neotropical, 25 ; Australian, 7 ; 

 Oriental, 11 ; Ethiopian, 5 ; Palaearctic, 3 ; Nearctic, 0. 



Family 3.— ELYMNIIDtE. (1 Genus, 28 Species.) 



The genus Elymnias, which constitutes this family, is char- 

 acteristic of the Malayan and Moluccan districts, with some 

 species in Northern India and one in Ashanti. It thus agrees 

 with several groups of Vertebrata, in showing the resemblance 



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