Genus Satyrodes 



situated on the interspaces between the median nervules. The 

 female has more yellow upon the upper side of the fore wings 

 than D. portlandia. Expanse, 2.25 inches. 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



Creola ranges from Florida to Mexico along the Gulf. 



Genus SATYRODES, Scudder 

 (The Grass-nymphs) 



Butterfly. — The head is moderately large; the eyes are not 

 prominent, hairy ; the antennae are about half as long as the costa of 

 the fore wing, not distinctly clubbed, gradually thickening toward 

 the extremity. The palpi are slender, compressed, 

 hairy below, with the last joint rather short and 

 pointed. The fore and hind wings are evenly 

 rounded on the outer margin. The costal vein of 

 the fore wing is thickened, but not greatly swollen. 

 The first and second subcostals are emitted well 

 before the end of the cell, the third beyond it, and 

 the fourth and fifth from a common stem, both 

 terminating below the apex. The upper disco- 

 rationofthe^nus cellular vein is wanting, and the upper radial, 

 Satyrodes. (After therefore, springs from the upper angle of the 



Scudder.) ceU of the fore wJng _ 



Egg. — Flattened spheroidal, broader than high, flat at the 

 base and rounded above. 



Caterpillar. — The head is full, the summit of either half pro- 

 duced upward and forward into a slender, conical horn. The 

 body is nearly cylindrical, tapering backward, the last segment 

 furnished with two pointed, backward projections, resembling 

 the horns of the head. 



Chrysalis. — Relatively longer and more slender than in the 

 preceding genus, with the thoracic prominence more acute and 

 the head more sharply pointed. 



This genus was erected to receive the single species which, 

 until the present time, is its sole representative. 



(1) Satyrodes canthus, Boisduval and Leconte, Plate XXV, 

 Fig. 1, $ ; Plate III, Fig. 9, larva; Plate IV, Fig. 9, chrysalis 

 (The Common Grass-nymph). 



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