BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 1a 
base of the fore wings; and the eye-spots are in two groups 
of three each, the middle one of each group being the largest ; 
all black, rounded, in narrow yellow rings, and having white 
dots edged by blue scales. 
This species is rare in Maine, at least in this part of the 
State, but the ether form, nephele, is common. These two 
forms were originally described as two distinct species, and 
have been so considered until quite recently, when both 
forms were bred from eggs laid by a single female. 
Form, NEPHELE, neph/-e-le, Kirby. 
This form is of the same size and color as the form alope, 
but the yellow band on the fore wings is wholly wanting, 
in some of the intergrades, with a little yellow shade around 
the eye-spots. 
or 
This species feeds on grass, the eggs being laid singly on 
the stems. 
The eggs are lemon yellow, somewhat in the form of a 
truncated cone; about eighteen vertical ridges with rounded 
excavations between, crossed by fine strie, spring from near 
the base, and extend to the edge of the top; this last is 
rounded, and covered with shallow cells. They hatch in 
from fourteen to twenty-eight days, according to the tempera- 
ture. 
The young larve are .1 of an 
inch long, with a head consid- 
erably larger than the other 
segments; light yellowish 
brown, speckled with brown, Fig. 24. Young larva of Satyrus alope. 
and with a few scattered hairs. ne 
The body is carnation with a crimson line along the middle 
of the back, and three of the same color near together along 
the sides. There are three rows of long, white bristles 
along each side. These all curve backward, except those of 
the middle row which curve forward. The larve hibernate 
at this stage. Soon after beginning to feed in the spring, 
they molt their skins for the first time, when they are .16 of 
