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] |