Index 



cybele, 106 ; diana, 103 ; edwardsi, 119 ; 

 egleis, 126 ; electa, in ; eurynome, 125 ; 

 halcyone, 116; hesperis, 112; hippolyta, 

 112 ; idalia, 103 ; inornata, 122 ; lais, 109 ; 

 laura, 120; leto, 105; liliana, 119; raaca- 

 ria, 121; meadi, 119; monticola, 114; 

 montivaga, 126; nausicaa, 108; neva- 

 densis, 118 ; nitocris, 105 ; nokomis, 104 ; 

 opis, 124; oweni, 109; platina, 117 ; pur- 

 purescens, 114; rhodope, 115 ; rupestris, 

 120; semiramis, 121; snyderi, 118; ze- 

 rene, 113 



ariadne, Colias, 29 



ariane, Satyrus, 216 



Aristolochia, 315, 316 



army-worm, 2^7 



Arnold, Sir Edwin, quotations from, 214, 

 258 



arota, Chrysophanus, 252 



arrangement, of specimens, 52; of species, 

 62 



arsace, Thecla, 248 



arthemis, Basilarchia, 184 



Arthropoda, definition of, 59 ; subdivisions 



of- 59 

 artonis, Argynnis, 123 

 Asama-yama, volcano, 150 

 Asclepias, 81 

 Asimina triloba, 308 

 astarte, Brenthis, 135 

 aster, Lycsena, 266 

 asterias, Papilio, 314 

 Astragalus, 240 

 astyanax, Basilarchia, 184 

 atala, Eumasus, 237 

 atalanta, Pyrameis, 170 

 Atalopedes, genus, 352; huron, 352 

 atlantis, Argynnis, 108 

 atossa, Argynnis, 122 

 Atrytone, genus, 363 ; delaware, 365 ; me- 



lane, 365 ; pocahontas, 364 ; taxiles, 365 ; 



vitellius, 364; zabulon, 364 

 attalus, Erynnis, 349 

 augusta, Melitasa, 141 

 augustus, Thecla, 247 

 ausonides, Euchloe, 283 

 australis, Calephelis, 233 

 autolycus, Thecla, 241 

 Azalea occidentalis, 166 



bachmanni, Libythea, 227 



bairdi, Papilio, 313 



baits for butterflies, 32 



Banded Reds, The, 175 



Baptisia, 333 



Barbauld, Mrs., quotation from, 76 



barnesi, Phyciodes, 155 



baroni, MelitEea, 141 ; Satyrus, 216 



base of wing, 19 



Basilarchia, genus, 182 ; arthemis, 184 ; 



astyanax, 183 ; disippus, 3, 8, 84, 185 ; 



eros, 186; floridensis, 186; hulsti, 84, 



185 ; lorquini, 185 ; proserpina, 184; 



pseudodorippus, 185; weidemeyeri, 185 

 Bates, H. W,, on study of butterflies, 3; as 



a collector, 338 

 batesi, Phyciodes, 154 

 bathyllus, Thorybes, 325 

 battoides, Lycsena, 264 

 beani, MelitEea, 140 



beating for lepidoprera, 33 



beckeri, Pieris, 277 



Beelzebub, the " god of flies," 334 



behrensi, Argynnis, 115 



bebri, Colias, 294 ; Parnassius, 306 ; Thecla, 

 247 



bellona, Brenthis, 134 



Belt, " Naturalist in Nicaragua," 91 



berenice, Anosia, 84 



bischoffi, Argynnis, 124 



Blake & Co., forceps, 56 



bleaching wings of butterflies, 20 



blenina, Thecla, 245 



blow-fly, holding middle place in scale of 

 animal existence, 271 



Blues, The, 236, 258 ; Arrow-head, 262 ; 

 Aster, 266 ; Behr's, 260, 264 ; Boisduval's, 

 260; Bright, 259 ; Colorado, 264; Com- 

 mon, 267; Couper's, 261 ; Dotted, 264; 

 Dwarf, 269; Eastern tailed, 268; Eyed, 

 261; Florida, 269; Gray, 263; Greenish, 

 260; Indian River, 270; Labrador, 263; 

 Marine, 270; Orange-margined, 265; 

 Pygmy, 269, 271 ; Reakirt's, 268 ; Rustic, 

 263 ; Scudder's, 265 ; Shasta, 265 ; Silvery, 

 262 ; Small, 262 ; Sonora, 263 ; Varied, 

 259 ; Western tailed, 268 ; West Indian, 

 270 



Bcehmeria, 170 



Boisduval, Dr. J. A., 70 



Boisduval and Leconte, " Histoire Ge'ne'- 

 rale et Monographic des Lepidopteres et 

 des Chenilles de l'Ame'rique Septentrio- 

 nale," 70 



boisduvali, Brenthis, 132 



Boisduval's Marble, 285 



bolli, Melitasa, 147 



Books about North American Butterflies, 



boopis, Satyrus, 216 



borealis, Calephelis, 232 



boxes for preserving collections, 48 



brain, 22, 23 



breeding butterflies, 34-37 



breeding-cages, 35, 36 



bremneri, Argynnis, 113 



Brenthis, genus, 128. 224 ; alberta, 135 ; 

 astarte, 135; bellona, 134; boisduvali, 

 132 ; chariclea, 132 ; epithore, 135 ; freija, 

 132; frigga, 133 ; helena, 131; montinus, 

 131 ; myrina, 129 ; polaris, 133 ; triclaris, 

 130 



brettus, Thymelicus, 351 



brevicauda, Papilio, 313 



British Museum, 338 



brizo, Thanaos, 332 



bronchial tubes, 22 



Brongniart, M. Charles, 196 



Brooklyn Entomological Society, 73 



Brown, The Gemmed, 202 ; Henshaw's, 

 202 



brucei, CEneis, 223; Papilio, 313 



Brush-footed Butterflies. See Nymphalidas 



bryoniae, Pieris, 279 



Buckeye, The, 173 



Buckland, Frank, story of, 68 



"Bulletin Brooklyn Entomological Society," 



73 

 bumblebees in Australia, 256 

 Butterflies' Fad, The, 186 



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