. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. \3 i i inn '111. 1032 I'lIK I'.rri'KKlLIKS OK NKW and ill the iiiak' iilxloniiiial arinatiiro tliere is notliiiifi- to parallel the stfiict- iiiH! of the crinkled rihhons at the iiase of tiie centrnni in I'apilioninae cx- e(!|)t the inferior armature of the same part in the male Ilcsperidi. Hilt althoutrh the aiJinitics hetween these two jiroiips can he |)ointi.'(l out in many more pai'tieuhirs in the stiiicfurt' of the ailnlt


. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. \3 i i inn '111. 1032 I'lIK I'.rri'KKlLIKS OK NKW and ill the iiiak' iilxloniiiial arinatiiro tliere is notliiiifi- to parallel the stfiict- iiiH! of the crinkled rihhons at the iiase of tiie centrnni in I'apilioninae cx- e(!|)t the inferior armature of the same part in the male Ilcsperidi. Hilt althoutrh the aiJinitics hetween these two jiroiips can he |)ointi.'(l out in many more pai'tieuhirs in the stiiicfurt' of the ailnlt animal than in the less known earlier statues, there are not wanting in the latter further |)ro()fs of the same relationship. Thus the eggs of all the I'apilioninac; known, with the sole exeej)tion of those of the I'aiMiassidi, iu-e extremely simple and unifoi'm, heing sul)s))herieal. .vith a Hattened l)ase and almost abso- lutely smooth, showing, howevei'. a i'etiosition of the silk vi'ssels. which is strictly corre- lated with the exee|)tional amount ot silk frerpiently spun as a carpet for the resting ])laec of the larva, and in the ahsence of any divisional clus- tering ol the longitudinal hand of nuiscular Inmdles upon the sides of the body ; while on the other hand hardly a single featiu'c can be pointed out in which they agree bettor with other groups than with the Ilesperidae. In the structure of the chrysalis we have ol>served no points of special artinity. with the sole exception of the not iniconunon uninuicronate exten- sion of the front, in which the chrvsalids of the Ilesperidae find their only analogue in those of the Pierinac. Table of subfamilies nf PapiUonidae, based on the egg. Kj{g at loitst twice us liijili iis broiiil, verticully rihlii'd I'lerlnae. i;.!?g at most scarcply liiglici-tliaii broad, often broader than blgli, all surface srulpturp, when visible, reticulate Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images t


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