(7) Satyrus sthenele Boisduval, Plate LXXIII, Fig. 2, cT, 

 under side (The Least Wood-nymph). 



Quite small, on the upper side resembling 8. char on, but very 

 different on the under side. The distinguishing mark of the 

 species is the dark, twice-strangulated band of the hind wings, 

 bordered outwardly on either side by lighter shades. This is 

 shown in our figure. Expanse 1.40-1.50 inch. 



Found in California. 



GENUS PARAMECERA BUTLER 



There is only one species in this genus thus far known. The 

 insect closely resembles those of the genus Satyrus, but may 

 readily be told apart by the patch of heavy, dark, raised scales 

 in the region of the median nervules of the fore wing. On the 

 under side the insect is paler, ruddy, and the fore wings have a 

 large pupilled eye-spot, followed by a blind, much smaller eye- 

 spot at the apex. ^ The hind wing has a pale mesial band bor- 

 dered by darker lines and a submarginal row of eye-spots. 



(1) Paramecera xicaque (Reakirt), Plate LXXII, Fig. 2, c? 

 CReakirt's Satyr). 



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Pi_. LXXII! 



