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Explanation of Plate III. 
1 Antenna of Papilio. Club gradual, regularly arquate. 
2 ae ** Pieris. Club distinct. 
3 ag ** Colias. Club obconic, truncate at tip. 
+ Cy ‘¢ Argynnis. Club broad, spatulate (spoon shaped). 
5 ee ** Aegiale. Club terminating in a short acute point. 
6 Of «< Pamphila. Club with an abruptly recurved tip. 
7 < ‘« Hudamus. Club very gradual, pointed, greatly recurved at tip. 
8 es ** Deilephila. Form prismatic, tapering to tip, which is abruptly recurved, 
9 Hs ‘« Philampelos. ‘(ip gradual and moderately curved. 
10 aC “* Macroglossu. 
II es «< Atlacus. Lengthily bipectinate. 
12 ne serrate. 
13 at setaceous; most Noctuidae. 
14 Wings of Papilio. Veins numbered; primaries. 1 vend internalis or dorsalis; 
dorsal or internal vein; often termed submedian vein. 2, 3 and 4 are termed 
median nervules, arising from the median vein. 5 and 6 are discoidal nervules, 
arising from the vein closing the discal cell. 7 to 11 are branches from the 
subcostal. .12 vend costalis or costal vein. Secondary. 1 internal or free 
vein. 2, 3 and 4 branches of median vein. 5 discoidal vein; termed the inde— 
pendent in heterocera. 6 and 7 branches of the subcostal. 8 costal vein. 
15 Venation of Thyridopteryx; aberrant: median cell divided, internal vein branched, 
and in primaries furcate at base. 
16 Secondary of Cymatophora (Bombycia). Showing the juncture of the costal and 
subcostal veins. 
17 Wings of Deilephila. Primary: d. dorsal vein furcate at base. Secondary: a. an ob- 
lique branch between costal and subcostal veins. 1a & Ib 2 internal or free veins. 
18 Wings of Hepialus. Both wings 12 veined, the median cell divided, accessory cell 
present; aberrant. 
19 Wings of Zygaena. Primaries with 2 simple dorsal or internal veins. Secondaries 
with an oblique branch between costal and subcostal veins (a). 
20 Wing of Agrotis. Showing typical noctuid venation; dorsal vein of primaries furcate 
at base (d): accessory cell present, at upper outer margin of discal cell. 
21 Wings of Aegeria. Internal vein of primaries wanting. Secondaries without costal 
vein. 
22 Head of Noctua. aeyes hairy, unlashed; b eyes naked, fringed above and below 
with long hairy lashes. 
23 Head showing location of ocelli (a a). 
24 Head of Papilio. Antennze approximate, head narrow. 
25 Head of Hesperia, Antennze widely separated, head very broad; a, a bristly tuft 
at base of antenna. 
26 Anterior leg of Nymphalis. Tarsi wanting, tibia brush like. 
27 Anterior tibia of Papilio, Hesperia and the Heteroceri generally; showing a the 
tibial epiphysis; single spur of anterior tibia of some authors, 
28 Tibia spinose. 
29 Tibia of Chrysophanus J. Tibia normal, tarsi exarticulate, consisting of a single 
long joint with a corneous, claw like tip. 
30 Claw of tarsi, often simple. more usually dentate as in figure. 
31 Palpus. Varying much in proportion and shape in the different families, but 
among the macros never with more than 3 joints. 
32 Serrate and bristled antenna greatly enlarged. 
33 Bend and tuft found in the (¥' antennz of some Deltoids. 
