THE MEADOW-BROWNS 



to select some tree for its abiding-place. It alights 

 on the trunk head downward, or perhaps suns it- 

 self on the upper leaves. From this " home base " 

 it makes sallies into the air to indulge in a wrest- 

 ling match with one of its fellows for a little time 

 and then returns to its chosen spot. 



The caterpillar has on either end of the body 

 red-tipped "horns," and one wonders if this is per- 

 chance an advantage, and if so, why. The species 

 winters in the larval stage. The caterpillar attains 

 part of its growth in the fall and completes it in 

 the spring after the grass starts. In the South 

 the pearly eye is double-brooded. 



The butterflies — bright, airy things — 



From off the lilac buds 

 I scared, for having on their wings 



The shadows of the woods. 



Alice Cary. 



The Eyed Brown 



Satyrodes canthus (Sat-y-ro'des can' thus) 



Plate XXXI, Fig. 3, 4 



The upper surface of the wings is soft mouse brown on the 

 basal half and paler beyond, considerably so in the female; 

 front wings with a nearly straight row of four, roundish, 

 black spots in cells M, to Cu, ; hind wings with a curving 

 row of six eye-spots in cells R 5 to Cu ; the spot in cell Cu is 

 sometimes very small, and those in cells R 6 and M l are fre- 



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