CONTENTS. 



CHAP. 

 I. 

 II. 

 III. 



IV. 

 V. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



PAGE. 



THE ORIGIN OF THE LEPIDOPTERA ... ... ... 1 



THE OVUM OR EGG ... ... ... ... 6 



EMBRYOLOGY OF A LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECT ... ... 16 



PARTHENOGENESIS OR AGxiMOGENESIS IN LEPIDOPTERA ... 23 



EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVA ... 30 



INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVA ... 54 



VARIATION OF THE IMAGINES OF LEPIDOPTERA ... ... GO 



PROTECTIVE COLORATION AND DEFENSIVE STRUCTURES OF 



LEPIDOPTEROUS LARV.E ... 

 CLASSIFICATION OF LEPIDOPTERA 



... 76 

 102-112 



Part II. 



THE SPHINGO-MICROPTERYGID STIRPS 



THE MICROPTERYGIDES "... 



THE NEPTICULIDES 



THE COCHLIDIDES (OR EUCLEIDES) 



THE ANTHROCERIDES 



INDEX ... 



... 113 



... 129 

 ... 162 

 ... 360 



... 383 

 547-560 



