{102}Family 1.--NYMPHALIDÆ.
"Anterior legs in both sexes much reduced, useless for walking; posterior
tibiæ without middle spurs. Fore-wings with veins 8 and 9 out of 7.
Hind-wings with præcostal spur." (Plate I., figs. 7 and 8.)
"An extremely large family, mainly tropical. The species are of large or
moderate size, usually dark-coloured, with light or bright bands or rows of
spots.
"Ovum cylindrical or sub-conical, ribbed and often reticulated. Larva with
pairs of tentacles or more usually series of bristly spines. Pupa exposed,
suspended by the tail, often angular or with metallic spots."--(Meyrick.)
(See Plate III., figs. 1, 2, and 3 larvæ, 27, 31 and 32 pupæ.)