Genus Satyrus 
Early Stages.— These have been described and figured by 
Edwards in “The Butterflies of North America,” vol. iii. The 
caterpillar is green, marked by paler stripes and lozenge-shaped 
spots of pale green on the side. The chrysalis is pale green. 
The egg is pale saffron. The caterpillars feed on grass. 
Mead’s Satyr ranges through Colorado, Montana, Utah, and 
Arizona. 
(5) Satyrus paulus, Edwards, Plate XXVI, Fig. 19, $, under 
side (The Small Wood-nymph). 
Butterfly. — IK little smaller than S. nephele, dark brown above 
in both sexes, the fore wings always with two pupilate ocelli, 
one near the apex, the other near the inner angle, most conspicu¬ 
ously developed in the female. The secondaries have one or 
two spots of the same kind near the anal angle. On the under 
side the wings are pale reddish-brown, abundantly marked by 
transverse striae. The primaries are marked with gray at the 
apex and on the outer margin, and have a submarginal and sub¬ 
median transverse ferruginous line, between which the ocelli are 
located. The secondaries are crossed by a broad darker median 
band defined inwardly and outwardly by narrow dark lines. The 
outer third is pale gray, mottled with darker spots and lines, and 
traversed by a dark ferruginous submarginal line.. Expanse, 
1.75-2.00 inches. 
Early Stages. — Unknown. 
Paulus occurs in California and Nevada. It has been regarded 
as a variety of sthenele by some writers; but I am convinced of 
its distinctness, though there is considerable resemblance. 
(6) Satyrus charon, Edwards, Plate XXVI, Fig. 11, $ ; Fig. 
12, $ (The Dark Wood-nymph). 
Butterfly.— The male is dark in color; the female is paler. 
There are two eye-spots on the fore wings in the usual location, 
indistinct on the upper, distinct on the lower side of the wings. 
The under sides of the wings are variable. In the type they are 
dark; in other specimens they are paler. They may or may not 
have ocelli on the secondaries. The form with obsolescent 
ocelli has been named silvestris by Edwards. Both the fore and 
hind wings are abundantly and evenly marked by little striae, and 
crossed on either side of the median area by obscure, irregular, 
transverse dark lines, either one or both of which may be want¬ 
ing in some specimens. Expanse, 1.50-1.75 inch. 
Early Stages. —These have been described and beautifully 
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