Fossil Butterflies

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Author

Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911

Title

Fossil Butterflies Memoirs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, I.

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Butterflies, Fossil

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56004

Release Date

November 19, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.LETTER OF GIFT.
3. 3.REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE THOMPSON FUND, HARTFORD MEETING, AUGUST, 1874. — FOSSIL BUTTERFLIES.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY.
6. 6.BIBLIOGRAPHY.
7. 7.DESCRIPTIVE. — NYMPHALES—PRÆTORES—OREADES. — Genus NEORINOPIS Butler . — NEORINOPIS SEPULTA ( Boisduval ) Butler . — LETHITES Scudder . — LETHITES REYNESII Scudder . — NYMPHALES—NAJADES—PRÆFECTI. — EUGONIA Hübner . — EUGONIA ATAVA ( Charpentier ) Scudder . — PAPILIONIDÆ—DANAI—FUGACIA. — MYLOTHRITES Scudder . — MYLOTHRITES PLUTO ( Heer ) Scudder . — COLIATES Scudder . — COLIATES PROSERPINA Scudder . — PAPILIONIDÆ—DANAI—VORACIA. — PONTIA Fabricius . — PONTIA FREYERI ( Heer ) Scudder . — PAPILIONIDÆ—PAPILIONIDES—PARNASSII. — THAITES Heer , MS. — THAITES RUMINIANA Heer MS. — URBICOLÆ—HESPERIDES. — THANATITES Scudder . — THANATITES VETULA (Heyden) Scudder . — URBICOLÆ—ASTYCI. — PAMPHILITES Scudder . — PAMPHILITES ABDITA Scudder .
8. 8.COMPARATIVE AGE OF FOSSIL BUTTERFLIES.
9. 9.PROBABLE FOOD-PLANTS OF TERTIARY CATERPILLARS.
10. 10.PRESENT DISTRIBUTION OF BUTTERFLIES MOST NEARLY ALLIED TO FOSSIL SPECIES. — BUTTERFLIES OF THE LIGURIAN (Upper Eocene). — BUTTERFLIES OF THE AQUITANIAN (Lower Miocene). — BUTTERFLIES OF THE MAYENCIAN (Middle Miocene).
11. 11.GENERAL RESUME, WITH NOTICES OF UNDETERMINED FORMS. — TABULAR VIEW OF FOSSIL BUTTERFLIES.
12. 12.NOTICE OF INSECTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ERRONEOUSLY REFERRED IN RECENT TIMES TO BUTTERFLIES. — 1. Cyllonium Boisduvalianum Westw. , and C. Hewitsonianum Westw. — 2. Palæontina oolitica Butl.
13. 13.FOOTNOTES
14. 14.EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. — Plate I. — Plate II. — Plate III.
15. 15.LIST OF WOOD CUTS.
16. 16.ERRATA.

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