Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAP. PAGE
I. The Life-History and Anatomy of Butterflies 3-25
The Eggs of Butterflies. Caterpillars: Structure, Form, Color, etc.; Moults; Food of Caterpillars; Duration of Larval State; Transformation. The Pupa, or Chrysalis: The Form of Chrysalids; Duration of Pupal Life; The Transformation from the Chrysalis to the Imago. Anatomy of Butterflies: The Head; The Thorax; The Abdomen; The Legs; The Wings; Internal Organs; Polymorphism and Dimorphism; Albinism and Melanism; Monstrosities; Mimicry. The Distribution of Butterflies.
II. The Capture, Preparation, and Preservation of Specimens 26-57
Collecting Apparatus: Nets; Collecting-Jars; Field-Boxes; The Use of the Net; Baits; Beating. The Breeding of Specimens: How to Get the Eggs of Butterflies; Breeding-Cages; How to Find Caterpillars; Hibernating Caterpillars. The Preservation of Specimens: Papering Specimens; Mounting Butterflies; Relaxing Specimens; The Preparation and Preservation of Butterfly Eggs; The Preservation of Chrysalids; The Preservation of Caterpillars. The Preservation and Arrangement of Collections: Boxes; Cabinets and Drawers; Labeling; Arrangement of Specimens; Insect Pests; Greasy Specimens; Mould; Repairing Specimens; Packing and Forwarding Specimens; Pins; The Forceps.
III. The Classification of Butterflies 58-68
The Place of Butterflies in the Animal Kingdom; The Principles of Scientific Arrangement; The Species; The Genus; The Family, etc.; Scientific Names; Synonyms; Popular Names.
IV. Books about North American Butterflies 69-74
Early Writers; Later Writers; Periodicals.
THE BOOK
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The Butterflies of North America North of Mexico.
Family I. Nymphalidae, the Brush-footed Butterflies 77
Subfamily Euplaeinae, the Milkweed Butterflies 80
Subfamily Ithomiinae, the Long-winged Butterflies 85
Subfamily Heliconiinae, the Heliconians 91
Subfamily Nymphalinae, the Nymphs 93
Subfamily Satyrinae, the Satyrs, Meadow-browns, and Arctics 197
Subfamily Libytheinae, the Snout-butterflies 226
Family II. Lemoniidae 228
Subfamily Erycininae, the Metal-marks 228
Family III. Lycaenidae 236
Subfamily Lycaeninae, the Hair-streaks, the Blues, and the Coppers 236
Family IV. Papilionidae, the Swallowtails and Allies 272
Subfamily Pierinae, the Whites, the Sulphurs, the Orange-tips 272
Subfamily Papilioninae, the Parnassians and Swallowtails 304
Family V. Hesperiidae, the Skippers 318
Subfamily Pyrrhopyginae 319
Subfamily Hesperiinae, the Hesperids 320
Subfamily Pamphilinae 339
Subfamily Megathyminae, genus Megathymus 367
| DIGRESSIONS AND QUOTATIONS | |
| PAGE | |
| Immortality (Sigourney) | 57 |
| Hugo's "Flower to Butterfly" (Translated by Eugene Field) | 74 |
| Superstitions (Frank Cowan) | 90 |
| Luther's Saddest Experience (Yale Literary Magazine, 1852) | 100 |
| A Race after a Butterfly | 127 |
| Suspicious Conduct | 136 |
| Collecting in Japan | 149 |
| Faunal Regions | 161 |
| Widely Distributed Butterflies | 171 |
| The Butterflies' Fad (Ella Wheeler Wilcox) | 186 |
| Fossil Insects | 195 |
| In the Face of the Cold | 224 |
| Uncle Jotham's Boarder (Annie Trumbull Slosson) | 233 |
| Mimicry | 235 |
| The Utility of Entomology | 256 |
| Size | 271 |
| Instinct | 280 |
| Red Rain (Frank Cowan) | 299 |
| For a Design of a Butterfly Resting on a Skull (Mrs. Hemans) | 303 |
| The Caterpillar and the Ant (Allan Ramsay) | 316 |
| Collections and Collectors | 337 |
| Exchanges | 344 |