1886.] W, Doherty — A List of Butterflies taken in Kumaon. 109 



a small area at tlie apex. Two (Danais) or four (Hestia) anal tufts in 

 tlie male. 



ACR^ID^. Egg similar, no anal tufts. 



SATYE-ID^. Egg about as liigh as wide, a little more or a little 

 less, rather small, hard, typically translucent, and smooth or with obscure 

 polygonal facets, sometimes subradiate, or even {Aulocera) with dis- 

 tinct, broadly-scalloped, anastomosing ribs, somewhat as in Hesperia. 

 In some species it is covered with calcareous (?) accretions which do 

 not appear till after some days' exposure to the atmosphere. Base of 

 costal vein swollen, no praecostal cell. Cell of hindwing closed. 



ELYMNIAD^. Eggs similar, large, globular, translucent, hard, 

 obscurely facetted, nearly as high as wide. Base of costal vein swollen, 

 a prsecostal cell in hindwing. Cell of hindwing closed. 



MORPHID-Sj. Egg similar, globular, translucent, hard, not so high 

 as wide, smooth {Biscojphora, Thaumantis) , or obscurely facetted 

 (Clerome). Base of costal vein generally not swollen, no pr^costal cell. 

 Cell of hindwing open. 



APATURID-Sl. Eggs hard, small and numerous (except in the 

 Euri;pin(s) , opaque, never much wider than high, sometimes much higher 

 than wide (in the Gynthince), radiate, with ribs generally slender and 

 acute (except in the CyntJiinm and Argynnince), and often serrate. Cross 

 lines not very distinct. Type Apatura {Hy^polimnas) holina. 



Subdivisions of the Apaturidce. 



KALLIMIN^. Egg obsolescently radiate, as high aa wide, somewhat Mof' 

 pho-\ike. 



CYNTHINM. Egg as in Danais but hard, much higher than wide. These two 

 groups are aberrant, and sbould perhaps form separate families. 



ARGTNNIN^. Egg as high as wide or higher, ribs rather numerous, heavy, 

 blunt, anastomosing, projecting at apex, with numerous distinct cross lines. 



APATUBIN^. Egg not so high as wide, ribs few, sharp and prominent, 

 usually projecting at apex, and often serrate. 



EUBIPIN^. Eggs large, few, hardly as high as wide, ribs low, serrate, 

 rather numerous, not produced at apex. The group seems somewhat transi- 

 tional to the CharaxidcB. 



EURYTELID^. Eggs radiate, small, numerous, hard, nearly as 

 high as wide, with radiating lines of erectile bristles. The Eurytelidce, 

 though I think them nearer to the Apattoridce than to any other group, 

 interrupt the sequence of the families. 



CHARAXID^. Eggs large, few, globular, hard, not so high as 

 wide, with obscure ribs and cross-lines at the base only, forming (usually) 

 tetragons, with minute projecting points at their intersection, Charaxes 

 seems to connect the ApaturidcB with the Nymphalidce. 



