1921] Butterflies of North Carolina 77 



23. Spread 2 inches. Dark brown, the spots about equally numerous on all 



wings, above and below. ..The Baltimore (Melitaea phaeton). Mountains. 



24. With one large eye-like spot on upper side of forewings, and two on the hind 



wings, the one on the forewings enclosed in the lower end of a whitish 

 band, and repeated on the under side The Buckeye {Junonia coenia). 



24. With no large eye-like spot on upper side of forewings 25. 



25. With two large eye-like spots on under side of hind wings. 



Painted Beauty (Pyrameis huntera). 



25. With not less than four small eye-like spots on under side of hind wings.. .26. 



26. Ground color reddish brown, four or five small eye spots on under side of hind 



wings, spread 2J^ inches or more. . .Painted Lady {Pyrameis cardui). Local. 

 26. Ground color of wings dull brown, six or seven small eye spots on under side 

 of hind wings, spread 2yi inches or less. 



Gray Emperor (Apatura celtis) . Central Section. 



Fajviily IV. The Meadow Browns (Agapetidae) 



1. Forewings with a large white or yellow patch 2. 



L Forewings without any such patch 3. 



2. Two eye-like spots in white patch on forewings, spread of wings about 2. 



inches Blue-eyed Grayling (Satyrus alope). Mountains. 



2. Often only one eye-like spot in patch on forewings, spread about 2>^ inches. 



Southern Grayling (Satyrus pegala). 



3. Outer border of hind wings scalloped, spread about 2 inches 4. 



3. Outer border of hind wings not scalloped 5. 



4. Veins of outer part of forewings of male are noticeably pale and the round 



black spots between them have light wedge-shaped marks on their inner 

 side, female with only two well developed black spots on upper side of 

 forewings Southern Pearly-wing (Debts creola). Wake county 



4. Veins on forewings not pale and without wedge-shaped light spots on their 



inner side. Three or four well developed black spots on upper side of 

 forewings in both sexes Pearly-wing (Debis portlandia). 



5. Upper side of wings with eye spots 6. 



5. Upper side of wings without eye-spots, spread less than IK inches 7. 



6. Forewings with two eye-spots above, spread about 1>2 inches. 



Little Wood Satyr (Neonympha eurytus). 



6. Forewings with a row of black spots above, spread about 2 inches. 



Eyed Brown (Neonympha canthus). Mountains. 



7. Hind wings with a pearly or metallic patch on under side of hind wings but 



with no eye like spots Gemmed Brown (Neonympha gemma). 



7. Hind wings with eye-like spots on under side 8. 



8. Eye spots on under side of hind wings round. 



Carolinian Satyr (Neonympha sosybius) . 

 8. Eye spots on under side of hind wings elliptical. 



Georgian Satyr (Neonympha phocion). 



Family V. The Gossamer-winged Butterflies (Lycaenidae) 



1. Wings reddish brown above with black spots or many fine black hues 2. 



