Nam"s of Sub-families, in sanserif italic (Poliades, &c.).

Nam"s of Genera, in roman beginning with a capital (Agrotis, &c.).

Nam"s of Species, in roman (annulata, &c.).

Nam"s of Synonyms, in ordinary italic (doubledayi, &c.).

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abrogata,[55]
absconditaria,[60]
acceptrix,[18]
acetina,[7]
acidaliaria,[77]
acontistis,[11]
acroiaria,[80]
acutata,[76]
admirationis,[31]
adonis,[63]
ægrota,[64]
Agrotis,[30]
agrionata,[40]
agorastis,[18]
alcyone,[24]
alectoraria,[80]
alopa,[12]
anceps,[69]
anguligera,[47]
angusta,[18]
annulata,[2]
Anosia,[102]
antarctica,[42]
anthracias,[67]
antipoda,[10]
antipodaria,[87]
antipodum,[110]
aquosata,[41]
arachnias,[23]
archippus,[102]
Arctiadæ,[1]
ardularia,[57]
arenacea,[87]
argentifera,[35]
Argyrophenga,[110]
arida,[50]
aristarcha,[85]
aristias,[42]
armigera,[32]
arotis,[12]
Asaphodes,[54]
asterope,[24]
Asthena,[52]
astrapia,[82]
assata,[55]
atalanta,[120]
atristriga, [10]
atronivea,[95]
attracta,[86]
auge,[104]
aulacias,[12]
Azelina,[92]
beata,[63]
bicomma,[7]
bilineolata,[41]
bisignata,[47]
Bityla,[29]
blenheimensis,[13]
boldenarum,[118]
bolina,[104]
boreophilaria,[88]
brephos,[75]
brephosata,[75]
bryopis,[62]
bulbulata,[68]
butleri,[115]
cærulea,[8]
calida,[41]
callicrena,[73]
callichlora,[50]
camelias,[65]
Caradrinidæ,[5]
Caradrinides,[29]
CARADRININA,[1]
caprimulgata,[86]
cardui,[108]
cataphracta,[61]
catapyrrha,[68]
catilla,[121]
catocalaria,[75]
Catopsilia,[121]
ceramodes,[8]
cerapachoides,[32]
ceraunias,[14]
cervinata,[133]
Chalastra,[88]
chalcites,[35]
chalcophanes,[128]
chaotica,[50]
characterifera,[133]
charybdis, [41]
chionogramma,[65]
chorica,[66]
chlamydota,[59]
chlorias,[63]
Chloroclystis,[41]
chrysopeda,[68]
Chrysophanus,[116]
cidariaria,[41]
cinerascens,[88]
cinerearia,[67]
clarata,[61]
cœleno,[26]
comma,[7]
composita,[22]
conferta,[32]
congregata,[47]
congressata,[47]
conversata,[47]
convolvuli,[99]
cookaria,[91]
corcularia,[67]
Cosmodes,[33]
cosmodora,[62]
cucullina,[27]
cymosema,[56]
Dasypodia,[35]
Dasyuris,[69]
debilis,[18]
deceptura,[9]
Declana,[94]
defigurata,[29]
dejectaria,[86]
delicatulata,[59]
deltoidata,[47]
denotatus,[45]
dentigera,[22]
descriptata,[47]
despecta,[134]
desiccata,[87]
Diadema, see, Anosia,[102]
diatmeta,[21]
Dichromodes,[78]
diffusaria,[67]
dinodes,[132]
dione, [14]
disjungens,[15]
dissociata,[67]
distans,[99]
Dodonidia,[112]
donovani,[46]
dotata,[24]
doubledayi,[2]
Drepanodes,[91]
dryas,[43]
egregia,[96]
elegans,[33]
Elvia,[46]
encausta,[89]
enysii (Chrysophanus),[117]
enysii (Dasyuris),[69]
eny"ii (Porina),[133]
ephyraria,[91]
Epirranthis,[79]
Erana,[28]
Erebia,[113]
erebinata,[86]
erichrysa,[4]
eriosoma,[35]
erippus,[102]
Euchœca,[51]
euclidiata,[68]
eupitheciaria,[67]
Euploæ,[120]
exprompta,[86]
exsularis,[34]
extranea,[13]
falcata,[66]
falcatella,[76]
felix,[90]
fenerata,[82]
feredayi (Declana),[96]
feredayi (Chrysophanus),[116]
ferox,[74]
figlinaria,[77]
fischeri,[129]
flexata,[90]
floccosa, [96]
fortinata,[93]
fragosata,[84]
fuliginea,[133]
fuscinata,[48]
fusiplagiata,[89]
gallaria,[92]
GEOMETRINA, see NOTODONTINA,[38]
glaucata,[46]
glyphicata,[68]
gobiata,[47]
gonerilla,[105]
Gonophylla,[90]
graminosa,[28]
griseata,[98]
griseipennis,[9]
gypsotis,[78]
haastaria,[91]
Hamadryas,[120]
hectori (Dasyuris),[70]
hectori (Hepialus),[129]
helias,[64]
Heliothis,[32]
helmsi,[112]
hemipteraria,[80]
hemizona,[48]
Hepialidæ,[128]
Hepialus,[128]
hermione,[98]
homomorpha,[69]
homoscia,[21]
humeraria,[89]
humerata,[41]
humillima,[83]
huttonii,[5]
Hybernia,[87]
Hydriomena,[46]
Hydriomenidæ,[38]
Hypenides,[34]
Hypenodes,[34]
Ichneutica,[14]
immunis,[7]
impletus,[133]
implexa,[7]
inamænaria,[57]
inceptura,[9]
inclarata,[47]
inclinataria,[40]
inconspicua,[31]
inconstans,[9]
indicataria,[44]
indistincta,[85]
indocilis,[88]
inductata,[44]
infantaria,[67]
infensa,[23]
innocua,[7]
innominata,[31]
inoperata,[67]
inopiata,[47]
insignis (Melanchra),[16]
insignis (Notoreas),[71]
invexata,[67]
Ipana,[94]
iphigenia,[104]
itea, [107]
isoleuca,[72]
juncicolor,[12]
junctilinea,[98]
Junonia,[109]
kershawii,[108]
LASIOCAMPINA,[101]
leptomera,[94]
Leptomeris,[77]
lestevata,[39]
Leucania,[8]
lichenodes,[44]
lignana,[26]
lignifusca,[18]
lignisecta,[26]
lignosata,[86]
lilacina,[36]
limonodes,[57]
lithias,[17]
lophogramma,[59]
lucidata,[64]
lupinata,[83]
Lycæna,[119]
Lycænidæ,[115]
Lythria,[68]
maculata,[44]
mairi,[132]
Mamestra, see Melanchra,[15]
manxifera,[95]
maori,[22]
maoriata,[86]
margarita,[6]
maui,[116]
maya,[17]
mechanitis,[72]
megaspilata,[55]
Melanchra,[15]
Melanchrides,[8]
melinata,[85]
menanaria,[87]
merope,[19]
merula,[114]
Metacrias,[4]
micrastra,[12]
Micropterygidæ,[127]
MICROPTERYGINA,[127]
mitis,[27]
Miselia,[6]
mistata,[40]
mixtaria,[80]
mnesichola,[60]
moderata,[9]
Monocteniadæ,[77]
monoliata,[47]
morosa,[26]
muriferata,[91]
muscosata,[41]
mutans,[18]
nehata,[55]
nelsonaria,[90]
nephelias,[61]
nereis,[43]
nerina,[104]
nervata, [15]
niger,[78]
nigra,[78]
nigrosparsa,[96]
niphocrena,[74]
niveata,[98]
NOCTUINA, see CARADRININA,[1]
NOTODONTINA,[38]
Notoreas,[71]
novæ-zealandiæ,[134]
nullifera,[9]
Nyctemera,[2]
Nymphalidæ,[102]
obarata,[66]
obtruncata,[89]
obtusaria,[89]
ochthistis,[20]
octans,[25]
octias,[37]
Œceticus,[123]
Oiketicus,[123]
omichlias,[76]
omicron,[22]
omnivora,[123]
omnivorus,[123]
omoplaca,[23]
ondinata,[52]
ophiopa,[93]
Orophora,[126]
orophyla,[58]
orphnæa,[71]
Orthosia,[6]
Orthostixidæ,[79]
otaheitæ,[105]
othello,[114]
oxleyi,[119]
Palæomicra,[128]
palthidata,[92]
panagrata,[87]
pannularia,[86]
PAPILIONINA,[101]
paracausta,[15]
paradelpha,[72]
Paradetis,[40]
parora,[56]
partheniata,[70]
parvulata,[45]
pastinaria,[47]
patularia,[86]
pelistis,[19]
pelurgata,[88]
perductata,[47]
perornata,[72]
perversata,[47]
pessota,[6]
petrina,[78]
petropola,[66]
phaula,[11]
phœbe,[119]
phricias,[27]
Phrissogonus,[45]
Physetica,[8]
pictula,[19]
plagifurcata,[47]
plena,[17]
plexippus,[102]
plinthina, [41]
plurilineata,[52]
plurimata,[64]
Plusia,[34]
Plusiadæ,[33]
Plusiades,[34]
plusiata,[7]
pluto,[114]
Poliades,[6]
polychroa,[16]
Porina,[132]
porphyrias,[41]
præfectata,[60]
prasinias,[65]
primata,[80]
prionistis,[27]
prionota,[47]
productata,[84]
propria,[11]
proserpina,[104]
proteastis,[20]
psamathodes,[64]
Psychidæ,[122]
PSYCHINA,[122]
pulchella,[3]
pulchraria,[52]
punctilineata,[67]
pungata,[84]
purpurea,[8]
purpurifera,[49]
purdii,[10]
PYRALIDINA,[122]
pyramaria,[61]
ranata,[39]
rauparaha,[116]
rectilineata,[45]
Rhapsa,[36]
rhodopleura,[19]
RHOPALOCERA, see PAPILIONINA,[101]
rivularis,[47]
rixata,[49]
rosearia,[57]
rubescens,[25]
rubraria,[77]
rubropunctaria,[51]
rubroviridans,[129]
rufescens,[56]
rudiata,[82]
rudisata,[82]
salustius,[116]
Samana,[76]
Satyridæ,[110]
scabra,[96]
schistaria,[52]
scriptaria,[86]
scissaria,[79]
scotosialis,[36]
selenophora,[35]
Selidosema,[82]
Selidosemidæ,[81]
semialbata,[41]
semifissata,[59]
semilisata,[67]
semisignata,[67]
semivittata,[13]
sericea (Agrotis), [31]
sericea (Bityla),[29]
servularia,[55]
Sestra,[89]
signata,[134]
similata,[50]
simplex,[74]
simulans,[47]
siria,[51]
siris,[55]
sistens,[9]
squalida,[49]
specifica,[9]
sphæriata,[67]
sphagnea,[17]
Sphinx,[99]
Sphingidæ,[99]
sphragitis,[43]
steropastis,[23]
Sterrhidæ,[77]
stigmaticata,[86]
stinaria,[60]
stipata,[25]
strangulata, [48]
strategica (Metacrias),[4]
strat"gica (Notoreas),[73]
streptophora,[88]
suavis,[83]
subductata,[57]
subitata,[44]
subobscurata,[66]
subochraria,[48]
subpurpureata,[52]
subtentaria,[60]
suffusa,[30]
sulcana,[13]
sulpitiata,[86]
tartarea,[21]
Tatosoma,[39]
temperata,[9]
Theoxena,[79]
thoracica,[29]
timarata,[50]
timora,[40]
TINEINA,[127]
tipulata, [40]
TORTRICINA,[127]
toumatou,[126]
transitaria,[40]
triphragma,[49]
tuhuata,[52]
turbida,[16]
umbraculata,[134]
undosata,[54]
undulifera,[47]
unica,[12]
unicolor,[126]
unipuncta,[13]
urtica,[120]
usitata,[83]
ustistriga,[26]
Utetheisa,[3]
Vanessa,[105]
varians,[80]
variolaris,[133]
velleda,[109]
venipunctata, [64]
Venusia,[53]
verriculata,[53]
vexata,[133]
vigens,[28]
virescens (Chera),[9]
virescens (Hepialus),[129]
viridis,[17]
visata,[51]
vitiosa,[20]
vulcanica,[75]
xanthaspis,[54]
Xanthia,[7]
Xanthorhoe,[56]
ypsilon,[30]
ypsilonaria,[59]
ziczac,[93]
zoilus,[120]
zopyra,[74]

PLATES AND EXPLANATIONS.

PLATE I.

ANATOMICAL.

1. Outline of a Lepidopterous insect showing the terms employed in describing the various margins and angles of the fore- and hind-wings. 2. View of the under side of the head and first segment of the larva of a Lepidopterous insect. AA, eyes; BB, antennæ; 1, labrum; 22, mandibles; 33, maxillæ; 4, labium; 5, spinneret; a, coxa; b, trochanter; c, femur; d, tibia; e, tarsus; f, claw (highly magnified). 3. Assumed type of neuration of fore-wing of a Lepidopterous insect. (After Meyrick.) 4. Ditto of hind-wing. (After Meyrick.) 5. Side view of the head of Vanessa gonerilla with proboscis extended. (Imago, Plate [XII]., fig. 5.) 6. Ditto with proboscis coiled up. (In both these figures only the basal portions of the antennæ are shown.) 7. Neuration of fore-wing of Anosia erippus. (Imago, Plate [XI]., fig. 1.) 8. Ditto of hind-wing. 9. Digestive system of a Lepidopterous larva. A, œsophagus; D, ventriculus; F, clavate intestine; E, ilium; H, colon; K, biliary vessels; O, spinning vessels. (After Suckow.) 10. Ditto of perfect insect. N, salivary vessels; C, sucking stomach; G, cæcum. The rest as before. (After Herold.) 11. Front view of the head of Vanessa gonerilla with the labial palpi removed showing the organs of the mouth. AA, eyes; BB, antennæ (basal portion); l, labrum; mm, mandibles; pp, maxillary palpi; C, proboscis formed of elongated maxillæ (highly magnified). 12. Neuration of fore-wing of Sphingidæ. (Deilephila; after Meyrick.) 13. Ditto hind-wing. (After Meyrick.) 14. Proleg of caterpillar highly magnified. 15. Neuration of fore-wing of Chrysophanus salustius. (Imago, Plate [XII]., figs. 18-21.) 16. Ditto of hind-wing. 17. Fasciculate-ciliated antenna of Chloroclystis plinthina. (Imago, Plate [VI]., fig. 8.) 18. Serrate antenna of Melanchra composita. (Imago, Plate [V]., fig. 8.) 19. Pubescent antenna of Epirranthis alectoraria. (Imago, Plate [VIII]., figs. 42-47.) 20. Bi-pectinated antenna of Nyctemera annulata. (Imago, Plate [IV]., figs. 1, 2.) 21. Leg of Agrotis ypsilon. (Imago, Plate [V]., figs. 35, 36.) 1, coxa; 2, trochanter; 3, femur; 4, tibia; 5, tarsus; 6, claw; SS, spurs. (All these are highly magnified.) 22. Neuration of fore-wing of Hepialus virescens. (Imago, Plate [XIII]., figs. 16, 17.) 23. Ditto of hind-wing. 24. Head of ditto. 25. Neuration of fore-wing of Erebia pluto. (Imago, Plate [XI]., figs. 8-10.) Vein 11 absent. 26. Ditto, veins 11 and 12 concurrent. 27. Ditto of hind-wing. 28. Neuration of fore-wing of Porina signata. (Imago, Plate [XIII]., fig. 15.) 29. Ditto of hind-wing. 30. Neuration of fore-wing of Œceticus omnivorus. (Imago, Plate [XIII]., fig. 6.) 31. Ditto of hind-wing.
1.Outline of a Lepidopterous insect showing the terms employed in describing the various margins and angles of the fore- and hind-wings.
2.View of the under side of the head and first segment of the larva of a Lepidopterous insect. AA, eyes; BB, antennæ; 1, labrum; 22, mandibles; 33, maxillæ; 4, labium; 5, spinneret; a, coxa; b, trochanter; c, femur; d, tibia; e, tarsus; f, claw (highly magnified).
3.Assumed type of neuration of fore-wing of a Lepidopterous insect. (After Meyrick.)
4.Ditto of hind-wing. (After Meyrick.)
5.Side view of the head of Vanessa gonerilla with proboscis extended. (Imago, Plate [XII]., fig. 5.)
6.Ditto with proboscis coiled up. (In both these figures only the basal portions of the antennæ are shown.)
7.Neuration of fore-wing of Anosia erippus. (Imago, Plate [XI]., fig. 1.)
8.Ditto of hind-wing.
9.Digestive system of a Lepidopterous larva. A, œsophagus; D, ventriculus; F, clavate intestine; E, ilium; H, colon; K, biliary vessels; O, spinning vessels. (After Suckow.)
10.Ditto of perfect insect. N, salivary vessels; C, sucking stomach; G, cæcum. The rest as before. (After Herold.)
11.Front view of the head of Vanessa gonerilla with the labial palpi removed showing the organs of the mouth. AA, eyes; BB, antennæ (basal portion); l, labrum; mm, mandibles; pp, maxillary palpi; C, proboscis formed of elongated maxillæ (highly magnified).
12.Neuration of fore-wing of Sphingidæ. (Deilephila; after Meyrick.)
13.Ditto hind-wing. (After Meyrick.)
14.Proleg of caterpillar highly magnified.
15.Neuration of fore-wing of Chrysophanus salustius. (Imago, Plate [XII]., figs. 18-21.)
16.Ditto of hind-wing.
17.Fasciculate-ciliated antenna of Chloroclystis plinthina. (Imago, Plate [VI]., fig. 8.)
18.Serrate antenna of Melanchra composita. (Imago, Plate [V]., fig. 8.)
19.Pubescent antenna of Epirranthis alectoraria. (Imago, Plate [VIII]., figs. 42-47.)
20.Bi-pectinated antenna of Nyctemera annulata. (Imago, Plate [IV]., figs. 1, 2.)
21.Leg of Agrotis ypsilon. (Imago, Plate [V]., figs. 35, 36.) 1, coxa; 2, trochanter; 3, femur; 4, tibia; 5, tarsus; 6, claw; SS, spurs. (All these are highly magnified.)
22.Neuration of fore-wing of Hepialus virescens. (Imago, Plate [XIII]., figs. 16, 17.)
23.Ditto of hind-wing.
24.Head of ditto.
25.Neuration of fore-wing of Erebia pluto. (Imago, Plate [XI]., figs. 8-10.) Vein 11 absent.
26.Ditto, veins 11 and 12 concurrent.
27.Ditto of hind-wing.
28.Neuration of fore-wing of Porina signata. (Imago, Plate [XIII]., fig. 15.)
29.Ditto of hind-wing.
30.Neuration of fore-wing of Œceticus omnivorus. (Imago, Plate [XIII]., fig. 6.)
31.Ditto of hind-wing.
1.Outline of a Lepidopterous insect showing the terms employed in describing the various margins and angles of the fore- and hind-wings.
2.View of the under side of the head and first segment of the larva of a Lepidopterous insect. AA, eyes; BB, antennæ; 1, labrum; 22, mandibles; 33, maxillæ; 4, labium; 5, spinneret; a, coxa; b, trochanter; c, femur; d, tibia; e, tarsus; f, claw (highly magnified).
3.Assumed type of neuration of fore-wing of a Lepidopterous insect. (After Meyrick.)
4.Ditto of hind-wing. (After Meyrick.)
5.Side view of the head of Vanessa gonerilla with proboscis extended. (Imago, Plate [XII]., fig. 5.)
6.Ditto with proboscis coiled up. (In both these figures only the basal portions of the antennæ are shown.)
7.Neuration of fore-wing of Anosia erippus. (Imago, Plate [XI]., fig. 1.)
8.Ditto of hind-wing.
9.Digestive system of a Lepidopterous larva. A, œsophagus; D, ventriculus; F, clavate intestine; E, ilium; H, colon; K, biliary vessels; O, spinning vessels. (After Suckow.)
10.Ditto of perfect insect. N, salivary vessels; C, sucking stomach; G, cæcum. The rest as before. (After Herold.)
11.Front view of the head of Vanessa gonerilla with the labial palpi removed showing the organs of the mouth. AA, eyes; BB, antennæ (basal portion); l, labrum; mm, mandibles; pp, maxillary palpi; C, proboscis formed of elongated maxillæ (highly magnified).
12.Neuration of fore-wing of Sphingidæ. (Deilephila; after Meyrick.)
13.Ditto hind-wing. (After Meyrick.)
14.Proleg of caterpillar highly magnified.
15.Neuration of fore-wing of Chrysophanus salustius. (Imago, Plate [XII]., figs. 18-21.)
16.Ditto of hind-wing.
17.Fasciculate-ciliated antenna of Chloroclystis plinthina. (Imago, Plate [VI]., fig. 8.)
18.Serrate antenna of Melanchra composita. (Imago, Plate [V]., fig. 8.)
19.Pubescent antenna of Epirranthis alectoraria. (Imago, Plate [VIII]., figs. 42-47.)
20.Bi-pectinated antenna of Nyctemera annulata. (Imago, Plate [IV]., figs. 1, 2.)
21.Leg of Agrotis ypsilon. (Imago, Plate [V]., figs. 35, 36.) 1, coxa; 2, trochanter; 3, femur; 4, tibia; 5, tarsus; 6, claw; SS, spurs. (All these are highly magnified.)
22.Neuration of fore-wing of Hepialus virescens. (Imago, Plate [XIII]., figs. 16, 17.)
23.Ditto of hind-wing.
24.Head of ditto.
25.Neuration of fore-wing of Erebia pluto. (Imago, Plate [XI]., figs. 8-10.) Vein 11 absent.
26.Ditto, veins 11 and 12 concurrent.
27.Ditto of hind-wing.
28.Neuration of fore-wing of Porina signata. (Imago, Plate [XIII]., fig. 15.)
29.Ditto of hind-wing.
30.Neuration of fore-wing of Œceticus omnivorus. (Imago, Plate [XIII]., fig. 6.)
31.Ditto of hind-wing.