GOSSAMER-WINGS (_Lycaenidae_) 240 The Tribe of the Hair-streaks: Great Purple Hair-streak; Gray Hair-streak; Banded Hair-streak; Striped Hair-streak; Acadian Hair-streak; Olive Hair-streak; Synopsis of the Hair-streaks 242 The Tribe of the Coppers: Wanderer; American Copper; Synopsis of the Coppers 252 The Tribe of the Blues: Spring Azure; Scudder's Blue; Tailed Blue; Silvery Blue: Synopsis of the Blues 258 PART III THE SKIPPER BUTTERFLIES--SUPERFAMILY _Hesperioidea_ 266 GIANT SKIPPERS (_Megathymidae_) 267 Yucca-borer Skipper COMMON SKIPPERS (_Hesperiidae_) 268 The Tribe of the Larger Skippers: Silver-spotted Skipper; Long-tailed Skipper; Juvenal's Dusky-wing; Sleepy Dusky-wing; Persius's Dusky-wing; Sooty Wing 269 The Tribe of the Smaller Skippers: Tawny-edged Skipper; Roadside Skipper; Least Skipper 278 LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE VICEROY BUTTERFLIES VISITING STRAWBERRIES (_On Cover_) THE REGAL FRITILLARY _Frontispiece_ THE CAROLINA LOCUST 33 THE BLACK SWALLOWTAIL 48 THE CYNTHIA MOTH 49 GIANT SWALLOWTAILS 64 THE BLUE SWALLOWTAIL 65 TWO OF THE SWALLOWTAILS: PALAMEDES AND GIANT 66 THE GREEN-CLOUDED SWALLOWTAIL 67 CATERPILLARS OF THE GREEN-CLOUDED SWALLOWTAIL 80 THE TIGER SWALLOWTAIL 96 IMPORTED CABBAGE BUTTERFLY 97 CLOUDED SULPHUR BUTTERFLY 112 THE ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL: SUMMER FORM 112-113 THE ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL VISITING PAPAW BLOSSOMS 112-113 SOME OF THE TRIBE OF YELLOWS 113 SILVER-SPOT FRITILLARY AND GULF FRITILLARY 128 GULF FRITILLARY, SILVER-BORDERED FRITILLARY, AND BALTIMORE CHECKER-SPOT 129 THE HOP MERCHANT 144 THREE ANGLE-WINGS (AMERICAN TORTOISE-SHELL, RED ADMIRAL, VIOLET-TIP): UPPER SURFACE 160-161 THREE ANGLE-WINGS (AMERICAN TORTOISE-SHELL, RED ADMIRAL, VIOLET-TIP): LOWER SURFACE 160-161 THE PAINTED BEAUTY 161 THREE MORE ANGLE-WINGS: BUCKEYE, PAINTED BEAUTY, COSMOPOLITE 176