CHAP. XXI.] 



INSECTS. 



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Family 2.~SATYEID^. (60 Genera, 835 Species.) 



Gknehal Distuibution. 



This family has an absolutely universal distriljution, extending 

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

 are, however, restricted in their range. 



Hcvtcra, Lymanopoda, Calisto, Corades, Taygetis, Pronophila, 

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

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

 Mycalcsis and Yptliima, are mostly Oriental, but extending also 

 into the Australian and the Ethiopian regions ; GnapJiodes, 

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

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

 hia, Satyrus, Hipparcliia, Ccenonympha, and allies, are mostly 

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

 Chionahas, 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 ; Pahearctic, 3 ; Nearctic, 0. 



Family 3.— ELYMNIID^. (1 Genus, 28 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pal.earctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



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

 acteristic of the Malayan and IMoluccan districts, with some 

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

 with several groups of Vertebrata, in showing the resemblance 



