Genus Satyrodes 
situated on the interspaces between the median nervules. The 
female has more yellow upon the upper side of the fore wings 
than D. portlandia. Expanse, 2.25 inches. 
Early Stages .—Unknown. 
Creola ranges from Florida to Mexico along the Gulf. 
ration of the genus cellular vein is 
Genus SATYRODES, Scudder 
(The Grass-nymphs) 
Butterfly .—The head is moderately large; the eyes are not 
prominent, hairy; the antennae are about half as long as the costa of 
the fore wing, not distinctly clubbed, gradually thickening toward 
the extremity. The palpi are slender, compressed, 
hairy below, with the last joint rather short and 
pointed. The fore and hind wings are evenly 
rounded on the outer margin. The costal vein of 
the fore wing is thickened, but not greatly swollen. 
The first and second subcostals are emitted well 
before the end of the cell, the third beyond it, and 
the fourth and fifth from a common stem, both 
terminating below the apex. The upper disco- 
wanting, and the upper radial, 
Satyrodes. (After therefore, springs from the upper angle of the 
Scudder.) cell t j le f ore w j n g < 
Egg. —Flattened spheroidal, broader than high, flat at the 
base and rounded above. 
Caterpillar. —The head is full, the summit of either half pro¬ 
duced upward and forward into a slender, conical horn. The 
body is nearly cylindrical, tapering backward, the last segment 
furnished with two pointed, backward projections, resembling 
the horns of the head. 
Chrysalis. —Relatively longer and more slender than in the 
preceding genus, with the thoracic prominence more acute and 
the head more sharply pointed. 
This genus was erected to receive the single species which, 
until the present time, is its sole representative. 
(1) Satyrodes canthus, Boisduval and Leconte, Plate XXV, 
Fig. 1, <3 ; Plate III, Fig. 9, larva; Plate IV, Fig. 9, chrysalis 
(The Common Grass-nymph). 
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