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The Grizzled Skipper: Pontia

Pontia monuste, 72. protodice, 73. pontiac, Limochores, 285. portlandia, Enodia, 189. powesheik, Oarisma, 273.

Powesheik Skipper, The, 273.

Primaries, 6. progne, Polygonia, 143.

Prolegs, 22. proserpina, Basilarchia, 170. proserpina, Chlorippe clyton, 176. proteus, Eudamus, 292. protodice, Pontia, 73. protodice vernalis, Pontia, 73. pseudargiolus, Cyaniris, 251.

Purple Disk, The, 240. pylades, Thorybes, 296.

Queen, The, 207.

Radial sector, 13.

Radio-medial cross-vein, 10.

Radius, 9. rapæ immaculata, Pieris, 78. rapæ novangliæ, Pieris, 78. rapæ Pieris, 78.

Red Admiral, The, 154.

Red-barred Sulphur, The, 87.

Red-spotted Purple, The, 166.

Regal Fritillary, The, 112.

Rhabdoides cellus, 294.

Riley, James Whitcomb, 179, 212 Riodiniaæ, 213.

Roadside Butterfly, The, 92.

Roadside Skipper, The, 270. rosa, Synchloe olympia, 84.

Rusticus, scudderi, 246.

Sachem, The, 278. samoset, Amblyscirtes, 271 sassacus, Erynnis, 276.

Satyrodes canthus, 191.

Saunders, 241.

Scales of butterflies, 17.

Scent-glands, 18.

Scent-organs, 43.

Scudder, 82, 112, 114, 119, 121, 157, 164, 169, 183, 247. scudderi, Rusticus, 246.

Scudder's Blue, 246.

Sea-coast Graylings, The, 185.

Secondaries, 6.

Sector, Radial, 13.

Semnopsyche diana, IIO.

Short-tailed Papilio, The, 61.

Silver-bordered Fritillary, The, 122.

Silver Crescent, The, 127.

Silver-spot Fritillary, The, 117.

Silver-spotted Skipper, The, 293.

Silvery Blue, The, 245.

Skippers, 36, 256.

Skippers with a Brand and their Allies, 261.

Skippers with a Costal Fold and their Allies, 288.

Sleepy Dusty-wing, The, 297.

Sleepy Yellow, The, 97.

Small Metal-mark, The, 213. smintheus, Parnassius, 43.

Smith and Abbot, 88.

Snout Butterfly, The, 210.

Sooty-wing, The, 297. sosybius, Cissia, 199.

Southern Cloudy-wing, The, 295.

Southern Wood-nymph, The, 188.

Sovereigns, The, 162.

Spenser, 68, 169, 175.

Speyeria idalia, 112.

Spreading-board, 32.

Spring Azure, The, 249.

Sthenopis, 10.

Stoddard, 239. strigosa, Anosia berenice, 208.

Striped Hair-streak, The, 228.

Strymon titus, 234.

Subcosta, 9.

Swallow-tails, 45.

Swarthy Skipper, The, 284.

Synchloe genutia, 82. • olympia, 83. olympia rosa, 84.

Synopsis of the groups of butterflies. 35.

Table for determining the families of butterflies, 39.

Tailed Blue, The, 254. tarquinius, Feniseca, 237.

Tarsus, 5.

Tawny-Edged Skipper, The, 281.

Tawny Emperor, The, 175. telamonides, Iphiclides ajax, 49. tessellata, Hesperia, 300.

Tessellate Skipper, The, 300.

Thanaos brizo, 297. icelus, 298. juvenalis, 300. lucilius, 298. martialis, 299. persius, 299. tharos, Phyciodes, 129.

Thecla acadica, 224. calanus, 226. liparops, 228.

Thistle Butterflies, The, 153. thoas, Papilio, 56. thoe, Chrysophanus, 239.

Thompson, Maurice, 255.

Thorax, 5.

Thoreau, 151, 248.

Thorne, R. H., 81.

Thorybes bathyllus, 295. pylades, 296.

Thymelicus brettus, 279. cernes, 281. mystic, 281. otho, 279.

Tibia, 5.

Tiger Swallow-tail, The, 51. titus, Strymon, 234. tityrus, Epargyreus, 29.3.

Trochanter, 5. troilus, Papilio, 59. turnus, Papilio glaucus, 51. umbrosa, Polygamia, 135.

Uranotes melinus, 223.

Vanessa atalanta, 154. cardui, 158. huntera, 156. vanilla, Agraulis, 107.

Variegated Fritillary, The, roд.

Veins of the wing, 7.

Venation of the wings, 7. verna, Euphyes, 283. vernalis, Pontia protodice, 73. vestris, Euphyes, 283. vialis, Amblyscirtes, 270. viator, Phycanassa, 287.

Vice-reine, The, 173.

Viceroy, The, 170. violacea, Cyaniris ladon, 250. violacea-nigra, C. ladon, 250.

Violet-tip, The, 134. virginiensis, Pieris napi, 76. vitellius, Phycanassa, 288.

Vitellius Skipper, The, 288.

INDEX walshii, Iphiclides ajax, 49.

Wanderer, The, 237.

Whirlabout, The, 279.

White - m Hair - streak, The, 221.

White Mountain Butterfly, The, 193.

Whites, The, 71.

Wings, 5.

Wittfield, Dr., 56.

Wordsworth, 116, 226, 228.

Yellow Spot, The, 282.

Yellows, The, 84.

Yucca-borer, The, 259. yucca, Megathymus, 259. zabulon, Atrytone, 274.

Zabulon Skipper, The, 274.

Zebra, The, 201.

Zebra Swallow-tail, The, 49.

Zerene cæsonia, 90.

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