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the order Lepidoptera, as being the perfection of the Lepidopterous type. This position 

 might be disputed with them by the Satyrince on account of the degree of atrophy of the 

 fore legs, which is perhaps as great in some species of 8atyrm(B as it is in the most 

 advanced genera of Danaoid Relicomdce. The order of affinities does not range in a 

 line ; there are branches ; and so it may happen that two groups may be nearly equal in 

 their grade of perfection through each standing at the head of its branch. The true 

 relationsliips of the groups of Rhopalocera may be therefore better explained by a diagram. 



Danaoid Heliconidce f 



Danainae 



I Satyrinse 



I I Acrseinse 



Brassolinee HeliconinEe 

 Nymphalinse 



Libythseinse 



Stalachtinae 



Erycininse 



Lycsenidte 



I . . 



Pierinee 



I 

 Papilioniuse 



Hesperidse 

 HETEROCERA (Moths). 



SubfamUy DANAIN^. 

 A. Danain^ proper 



{DandidcB of authors). 



Genus Danais, Latreille. 



1. Danais Erippus, Cramer. 



Papilio Erippus, Cram. Pap. Exot. t. 3. f. A, B. 



A common and well-known insect. It is found in waste grounds and open places 

 everywhere throughout the region of the Lower Amazons. Its larva feeds on Asclepias 

 Curassovica. 



2. Danais Gilippus, Cramer. 



Papilio Gilippus, Cram. Pap. Exot. t. 26. f. C, D. 



'Ihis is a rarer species than the foregoing. It is found in similar situations at Para. 



