FIELD BOOK OF INSECTS. 



Skipping a number of species which are not likely to be 

 seen by many users of this book, we come to the sub- 

 family Satyrince, the Nymphs and Satyrs, sometimes 

 more descriptively called the Meadow-browns. Their 

 larvae have the last segment forked and the chrysalids are 

 rounded. 



The brown of Pearly Eye's wings (Plate 

 Debis XXXII) has been described as "clay," 



"soft," "Quaker drab" and "with pearly 

 gray tints." The spots on the under surface are distinctly 

 eyed and there are conspicuous pearly violet markings. 

 The larva is yellowish green with red-tipped horns and 

 caudal forks ; it feeds on grasses and hibernates when about 

 half grown. 



The color of the upper side of the Grass 



Satyrodes Nymph's wings (Plate XXXII) is de- 



canthus J .. ,,'.. 



scribed as mouse-brown ; below it is slaty 



brown and the eye-spots are larger than those on the upper 

 surface. The tubercles on the head of the green larva are 

 red, striped with brown, and the tails are also red; it feeds 

 on coarse grasses and sedges and, unlike its near relatives, is 

 active by day. It is rather local in its distribution, pre- 

 ferring moist meadows. 



This lover of shady forest-edges, the Little 

 eurytus Wood-satyr (Plate XXXII), is dark brown 



above and lighter below, where the eye- 

 spots are more distinctly ringed with yellow. The larva 

 is greenish white, marked with brown, but there is no .red; 

 it feeds on grasses. 



Neonympha phocion is a southern relative of eurytus; 

 it has no spots above and the three (or four) spots on the 

 underside of the hind wings are so narrowed that they 

 might be called squint-eyed. The reader may find other 

 species of this genus but will recognize them as Satyrinae, 

 at least. 



The dark brown Common Wood-nymph 

 Satyrus alope 



(Plate XXXII) has several varieties, which 



are sometimes considered to be distinct species. The 

 form in which the yellow bands on the fore wings are 



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