THE MEADOW-BROWNS 



The Southern wood-nymph seems to be an- 

 other illustration of the exuberance of growth 

 and color under the warmth of the southern sun. 

 It is the giant of the family, having an expanse of 

 nearly three inches. The male has only one eye- 

 spot, set in the yellow band of the front wings, 

 but the female has two and looks very like an 

 overgrown blue-eyed grayling of which it is sup- 

 posed by some to be a Southern variety. It loves 

 the pine barrens of Florida and the Gulf States. 



The Pearly Eye 



Enodia portlandia (E-no'di-a port-lan'di-a) 



Plate XXXI, Fig. i, 2 



The upper surface of the wings is soft clay brown, the outer 

 third a little paler ; on the fore wings there is a nearly straight 

 row of from three to five black ocelli in cells R B to Cu,, that 

 in cell R 5 often obsolete ; on the hind wings there is a curv- 

 ing row of five spots in cells R 6 to Cu,. On the lower surface 

 the eye-spots are much more distinct, and there may be an 

 additional one in cell Cu of each wing ; in the hind wing this 

 ocellus is double ; the ocelli of the front wing are enclosed by 

 a pale line; on the hind wings the ocelli in cell R 6 and in cell 

 Cu are each enclosed by a similar line, and the remaining four 

 ocelli are enclosed by a common wavy line. Expanse two 

 and one-fourth inches. 



Caterpillar. — Length one and one-fourth inches. It is 

 downy, and striped lengthwise with varying shades of green. 



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