TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reading edition
INTRODUCTION
CHAP.PAGE
I.The Life-History and Anatomy of Butterflies3-25
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 Specimens26-57
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 Butterflies58-68
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 Butterflies69-74
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
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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 Butterfly127
Suspicious Conduct136
Collecting in Japan149
Faunal Regions161
Widely Distributed Butterflies171
The Butterflies' Fad (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)186
Fossil Insects195
In the Face of the Cold224
Uncle Jotham's Boarder (Annie Trumbull Slosson)233
Mimicry235
The Utility of Entomology256
Size271
Instinct280
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 Collectors337
Exchanges344