Genus Neonympha 



Butterfly. — It always haunts meadows and hides among the 

 tufts of tall grasses growing in moist places. It is rather com- 

 mon in New England and the Northern States generally. It is 

 found in Canada and is reported from the cool upper mountain 

 valleys in the Carolinas. It has a weak, jerking flight, and is 

 easily taken when found. Expanse, i. 65-1. 90 inch. 



Early Stages. — These have been well described by various 

 writers. The caterpillar feeds upon grasses. 



Genus NEONYMPHA, ^Vestwood 

 (The Spangled Nymphs) 



" Oh! the bonny, bonny dell, whaur the primroses won, 

 Luikin' oot o' their leaves like wee sons o' the sun; 

 Whaur the wild roses hing like flickers o' flame, 

 And fa' at the touch wi' a dainty shame; 

 Whaur the bee swings ower the white-clovery sod, 

 And the butterfly flits like a stray thoucht o' God." 



MacDonald. 



Butterfly. — Eyes hairy. The costal and median veins of the 

 fore wings are much swollen at the base. The palpi are thin, 

 compressed, thickly clothed below with long hairs. The antennae 

 are comparatively short, gradually thickening to- 

 ward the outer extremity, and without a well-de- 

 fined club. Both the fore wing and the hind wing 

 have the outer margin evenly rounded. 



Egg. — Globular, flattened at the base, marked 

 with irregular polygonal cells. 



Caterpillar. — The head is large, rounded, the 



two halves produced conically and studded with 



little conical papillae. The last segment of the body 



. , .. ^ ^ ^ "^ ^ Fig. 116.— 



IS bifurcate. Neuration of 



Chrysalis. — Relatively long, strongly produced the genus Neo- 

 at the vertex; elevated on the thorax into a blunt s'cudder.) 

 tubercular prominence; green in color. 



This genus, which has by some writers been sunk into the 

 genus Euptychia, Hubner, is quite extensive. Nearly two hun- 

 dred species are included in Euptychia, which is enormously 

 developed in the tropical regions of the New World. Seven 



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