242 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



thickest in the middle, the last joint ending in divergent 

 tails. The color is emerald-green, much covered with fine 

 yellow tubercles placed on ridges, caused by the creasing 

 of the segments, and with larger tubercles placed in 

 longitudinal rows, each emitting a white hair. Head 

 round, broader than high, bilobed, covered with yellow, 

 conical, fine points. 



The chrysalis is like that of N. Eurytris. The color 

 is green, on the abdomen yellow-green ; on each side 

 of dorsum of abdomen is a small ridge, and on each 

 side of this are three black dots placed in pail's. On 

 each side below the wing-cases is a brown stripe ; keel of 

 mesonotum brown, with brown mottlings on the wing- 

 cases. The imago emerges in thirteen days. 



The eggs are deposited on grass, and there are two 

 broods in a season. The butterfly is found with Gemma 

 and Eurytris within the edge of the forest, or, if in the 

 open country, always near timber. 



Middle and Southern States, Mississippi Valley. 



87. SATYRUS PEG ALA, Fab. 



Expanse of wings 2.5 inches. 



Upper surface blackish brown, a broad buff band on 

 the outer part of the fore wings, not reaching either 

 margin, and containing a single pupilled ocellus on its 

 anterior end. In some female specimens another ocellus 

 is found on the posterior end of the band, but more often 

 the second ocellus is represented in both sexes by a black 

 dot or a small round spot. Near the anal angle of the 

 hind wings is a single black ocellus. 



Under side brownish gray, both wings crossed by 

 many abbreviated brown lines. The buff band and 



