PL. LVII1 



(1) Victorina steneles (Linnaeus), Plate LVIII, cf (The Pearly 

 Malachite). 



There is no need of an elaborate description of this species, 

 as it is the only one of its genus in our borders, and the figure 

 we give is fully recognizable. Expanse 3.50-4.00 inches. 



SUBFAMILY SATYRIN^E (THE SATYRS). 



Butterflies generally of medium size, obscure in color, their 

 wings, especially on the under side, ornamented with dark 

 eye-like spots, pupilled in the centre with a light point and 

 ringed around with one or more circles of lighter color. They 

 have a weak flight, dancing about in the herbage and often 

 hiding among grasses and weeds. Most of them are forest- 

 loving, but some live on the summits of bleak and cold moun- 

 tains, others on the verge of arctic snows, and some on ( the 

 prairies. Veins of the fore wings generally greatly swollen at 

 the base, thus enabling them to be distinguished from almost 

 all other butterflies. Eggs subspherical, somewhat higher than 

 broad, ribbed on the sides, particularly at the apex, and 

 rounded at the base. Caterpillars, when they emerge from the 

 egg, have their heads much bigger in diameter than the rest of 

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