Solanum aviculare (Poro-poro, or Potato Plant). A shrub, with very dark green, pointed leaves, purple underneath, and bright purple flowers resembling those of the potato.
Todea hymenophylloides. One of the "crape" ferns, growing in very shady places in the forest. It has soft, graceful, light green fronds.
Urtica ferox ("Nettle Tree"). It has prickly, light green leaves, with very long thick spines; a row of these spines is situated along the midrib of each leaf. It grows in open situations.
Urtica incisa (Ground Nettle). A herbaceous plant found in shady places amongst ferns. The leaves are covered with spines, which give a very sharp sting when touched.
Veronica (Koromiko). A genus of shrubs, found commonly on the margins of forests, and on hill-tops. The leaves are rather long, smooth, and dark green, and the flowers are mostly purplish-white.
INDEX TO GENERAL SUBJECTS.
| PAGE | |
| Abdomen, | [xiii] |
| Adaptive characters, | [xvi] |
| Air-tubes, | [ix] |
| Alpine Lepidoptera, colours of, | [xv] |
| Anastomosis, | [xii] |
| Antennæ of imago, | [x] |
| Ante"næ of larva, | [ix] |
| Apex of wing, | [xii] |
| Arctic Lepidoptera, colours of, | [xv] |
| Base of wing, | [xi] |
| Biliary vessels of imago, | [xiii] |
| Bil"iry ves"els of larva, | [x] |
| Bi-pectinated, | [x] |
| Butterflies, | [101] |
| Cæcum, | [xiii] |
| Caterpillars, | [ix] |
| Classification, | [xvi] |
| Clavate intestine, | [x] |
| Coincidence of veins, | [xii] |
| Colon of imago, | [xiii] |
| Col"n of larva, | [x] |
| Concurrence of veins, | [xii] |
| Connection of veins, | [xii] |
| Contrast colours, | [xv] |
| Costa, | [xi] |
| Coxa of imago, | [xiii] |
| Co"a of larva, | [ix] |
| Crown, | [x] |
| Digestive system of imago, | [xiii] |
| Dige"tive sy"tem of larva, | [x] |
| Divergence of character, | [xiv] |
| Dorsum, | [xi] |
| Ecdysis, | [x] |
| Egg, | [ix] |
| Eyes, compound, | [x] |
| Ey"s, simple, | [x] |
| Face, | [x] |
| Fasciculate-ciliated, | [xi] |
| Femur of imago, | [xiii] |
| Fe"ur of larva, | [ix] |
| Filiform, | [xi] |
| Frenulum, | [xii] |
| Geographical distribution, | [xix] |
| Haustellum, | [xi] |
| Head, | [x] |
| Ilium of imago, | [xiii] |
| Il"um of larva, | [x] |
| Imago, | [x] |
| Inheritance, | [xiv] |
| Jugum, | [xii] |
| Labium of imago, | [xi] |
| La"ium of larva, | [ix] |
| Labrum of imago, | [xi] |
| La"rum of larva, | [ix] |
| Larva, | [ix] |
| Legs of imago, | [xiii] |
| Le"s of larva, | [ix] |
| Lepidoptera, descent of, | [xvii] |
| Lepido"tera, arrangement of, | [xviii] |
| Mandibles of imago, | [xi] |
| Mandi"les of larva, | [ix] |
| Maxillæ of imago, | [xi] |
| Maxi"læ of larva, | [ix] |
| Mimicry, | [xv] |
| Natural selection, | [xiv] |
| Neuration, | [xii] |
| Obsolescence of veins, | [xii] |
| Ocelli, | [x] |
| Œsophagus of imago, | [xiii] |
| Œsop"agus of larva, | [x] |
| Ornamental colouring, | [xv] |
| Palpi, labial, of imago, | [xi] |
| Pal"i, la"ial, of larva, | [ix] |
| Pal"i, maxillary, of imago, | [xi] |
| Pal"i, maxill"ry, of larva, | [ix] |
| Pectinated, | [x] |
| Præcostal spur, | [xii] |
| Proboscis, | [xi] |
| Prolegs, | [ix] |
| Protective resemblance, | [xiv] |
| Pseudoneuria, | [xii] |
| Pubescent, | [xi] |
| Pupa, | [x] |
| Retinaculum, | [xii] |
| Salivary vessels, | [xiii] |
| Serrate, | [xi] |
| Sexual selection, | [xvi] |
| Species, origin of, | [xiii] |
| Spinneret, | [x] |
| Spinning vessels, | [x] |
| Spiracles, | [ix] |
| Stalking of veins, | [xii] |
| Struggle for existence, | [xiv] |
| Sucking stomach, | [xiii] |
| "Survival of the Fittest", | [xiv] |
| Termen, | [xi] |
| Tibia of imago, | [xiii] |
| Ti"ia of larva, | [ix] |
| Tongue, | [xi] |
| Tornus, | [xii] |
| Unipectinated, | [x] |
| Variation, | [xiii] |
| "Vegetable caterpillar", | [132] |
| Veins of wings, | [xii] |
| Ventriculus of imago, | [xiii] |
| Ventri"ulus of larva, | [x] |
| Warning colours, | [xv] |
| Wings, | [xi] |
SPECIAL INDEX.
Names of Groups are printed in capitals (CARADRININA, &c.).
Nam"s of Families, in small capitals (Arctiadæ, &c.).