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FIG. 481. Satyrodes eurydice. 



larvae excepting those of some of the Emperors (Chlorippe\ 



not described in this book. Nearly sixty species belonging 

 to this subfamily have been described from America north 

 of Mexico. 



The Eyed Brown, Satyrodes eurydice (Sat-y-ro'des eu- 

 ryd'i-ce). The upper surface 

 of the wings is soft mouse- 

 brown on the basal half and 

 paler beyond, considerably so 

 in the female ; each wing bears 

 a row of four or five small 

 black eye-like spots (Fig. 481). 

 This species is found in Onta- 

 rio, and throughout the east- 

 ern half of the United States. 



The Dull-eyed Grayling, Cercyonis nephele (Cer-cy'o-nis 

 neph'e-le). The two most conspicuous of the Meadow- 

 browns that occur east of the Rocky Mountains are this 

 and the following one ; they are comparatively large 

 species, expanding from two inches to two and one fourth 

 inches ; both are dark brown. In this species there are on 

 the upper surface of the fore wing on the outer third of 

 the wing two black spots with white or bluish centers ; 

 sometimes the wing is tinged with yellow in the vicinity of 

 these spots, but generally the tinge is very slight, and it is 

 never so deep as in the next species; the hind wing is with 

 or without a spot in cell VII, , and sometimes with a spot on 

 either side of this one. On the lower surface the eye-like 

 spots of the fore wings are distinctly ringed with yellowish ; 

 and the hind wings are with or without eye-like spots, 

 usually with six of them. (See the Hybrid Graylings, 

 below.) 



The Blue-eyed Grayling, Cercyonis alope (C. al'o-pe). 

 This species closely resembles the preceding, but it is dis- 

 tinguished by the presence of a distinct yellower pale orange 

 band on the outer half ^of the fore wings. 



