CHAP. XXI.] 



INSECTS. 



473 



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



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



Nearctic I Pal^arctic I Ethiopian 

 Sob-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-rkgion& 



Oriental I Australian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



2.3 



1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 1.2 



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 Brassolidas. 



Family 7.- HELICONHLE. (2 Genera, 114 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical I Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



Pal.earctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. 



Oriental 



Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



— 2.3.4 



The true Heliconidee 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^E. (113 Genera, 1490 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pai^earctic I Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



Oriental 

 Sub- regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.41 1.2.3.4 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 



This is the largest and most universally distributed family of 

 butterflies, and is well illustrated by our common Fritillaries, 



