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wing near the margin. Five or six such spots on each hind 

 wing. 



Common Wood-nymph or Grayling {Cercyonis alope). 

 Expanse 2 inches. Eyes not hairy. Eye-spots on front 

 wings, but not on upper siu-face of hind wings. The chief 

 geographical races of this abundant species are indicated 

 below, although in regions where the forms overlap many 

 intermediate hybrids occur. 



Blue-eyed Grayling {Cercyonis alope alope), A large 

 yellowish-brown blotch near outer margin of each front 

 wing, above and below, with two distinct eye-spots in 

 middle spaces of the blotch. A southern race extending 

 north to central New Hampshire, Michigan, and Wiscon- 

 sin. 



Dull-eyed Grayling (Cercyonis alope nephele). The yel- 

 lowish brown blotch obsolete or nearly so, but eye-spots 

 present. A northern race extending southward only to cen- 

 tral New Hampshire, Michigan, and Wisconsin. 



Maritime Grayling (Cercyonis alope maritima). Similar 

 to the type form, but with the yellowish blotch tinged with 

 reddish. A race found only near the seacoast. 



Southern Wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala). Expanse 3 

 inches. Eyes not hairy. General color brown with an 

 orange-yellow blotch near outer margin of each front wing 

 above and below with one eye-spot in middle space of the 

 blotch on the male, and two on the female. 



Little Wood-satyr (Cissia eurytus or Neonympha 

 eurytus). Expanse 1| inches. Eyes not hairy. General 

 color fawn-brown with two eye-spots on upper surface of 

 each front wing and several on each hind wing. 



Gemmed Brown (Neonympha gemma). Expanse \\ 

 inches. Eyes not hairy. General color mouse-brown with 



