Satyrinse (the Satyrs i 
ical, somewhat higher than broad, generally ribbed along the 
sides, particularly near the apex, and rounded at the base, which 
is generally broader than the apex. 
The caterpillars at the time of emergence from the egg have 
the head considerably larger than the remainder of the body; but 
when they have reached maturity they are cylindrical, tapering a 
little from the middle to either end. They are bifurcated at the 
anal extremity, a character which enables them to be distin¬ 
guished at a glance from the larvae of all other American butter¬ 
flies except those of the genus Chlorippe. They are mostly pale 
green or light brown in color, ornamented with stripes along 
the sides. They feed upon grasses and sedges, lying in con¬ 
cealment during the daytime, and emerging at dusk to take their 
nourishment. 
The chrysalids are rather stout in form, but little angulated, 
and without any marked prominences or projections. They are 
green or brown in color. Most of them are pendant, but a few 
forms pupate at the roots of grasses or under stones lying upon 
the ground. 
The butterflies of this subfamily have been arranged, so far 
as they are represented in the faunal region of which this book 
treats, in nine genera, which include about sixty species. It is 
quite possible that a number of species still remain to be discov¬ 
ered and described, though it is also true that some of the so- 
called species are likely to prove in the end little more than local 
races or varieties. 
Genus DEBIS, Westwood 
(The Eyed Nymphs) 
4 ‘ The wild bee and the butterfly 
Are bright and happy things to see, 
Living beneath a summer sky.” 
Eliza Cook. 
Butterfly .—Characterized by the stout but not greatly swollen 
costal vein of the fore wing, by the rather short costal vein of the 
hind wing, which terminates before quite reaching the outer 
angle, by the great length of the lower discocellular vein of the 
fore wing, and by the prolongation of the outer margin of the 
hind wing at the end of the third median nervule. The outer 
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