232 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



being: seen from this time through most of the season. 



o o 



It occurs from Maine to the .Rocky Mountains and to 

 the Gulf of Mexico. 



82. NEONYMPHA CANTHUS, Bd. Lee. 



Expanse of wings from 1.75 to 2 inches. 



Upper surface pale brownish gray, the outer third of 

 both wings paler, the line of division between this paler 

 portion and the basal distinct and dentate. On the fore 

 wings this pale band contains three or four blurred ocelli ; 

 the hind wings having six, larger and more distinct. The 

 outer border contains three lines, two light and one dark, 

 besides the dark edge. 



The under side is a little more brown-tinted, the 

 darker shade denned on its outer edge by a brown line, 

 another brown line cutting the inner third. The terminal 



band has the ocelli all annulate with vellow-buff, out- 



/ 



side this buff a brown and then a whitish ring, the first 

 and fourth on the fore wings and all on the hind wings 

 pupilled with white. There are five ocelli on the fore 

 wings and six on the hind wings, the anal one geminate. 

 Border as above. 



The eggs are subround, broadest at the base, where 

 they are flattened, smooth ; color greenish white. These 

 are laid singly on the stems of grass, hatching in about 

 seven days. 



The young larva is at first yellow-white, changing 

 later to pale green. It is cylindrical, long, slender, the 

 last segment bluntly forked ; on each joint a few tubercles, 

 from each of which arises a clubbed white hair. The 

 head is nearly twice as broad as the second segment, with 

 a rounded prominence on each vertex, indented at the 



