Genus Neonympha 



Butterfly. — It always haunts meadows and hides among the 

 tufts of tall grasses growing in moist places. It is rather com- 

 mon in New England and the Northern States generally. It is 

 found in Canada and is reported from the cool upper mountain 

 valleys in the Carolinas. It has a weak, jerking flight, and is 

 easily taken when found. Expanse, i. 65-1. 90 inch. 



Early Stages. — These have been well described by various 

 writers. The caterpillar feeds upon grasses. 



Genus NEONYMPHA, Westwood 

 (The Spangled Nymphs) 



" Oh! the bonny, bonny dell, whaur the primroses won, 

 Luikin' oot o' their leaves like wee sons o' the sun; 

 Whaur the wild roses hing like flickers o' flame, 

 And fa' at the touch wi' a dainty shame; 

 Whaur the bee swings ower the white-clovery sod, 

 And the butterfly flits like a stray thoucht o' God." 



MacDonald. 



Butterfly. — Eyes hairy. The costal and median veins of the 

 fore wings are much swollen at the base. The palpi are thin, 

 compressed, thickly clothed below with long hairs. The antenna; 

 are comparatively short, gradually thickening to- 

 ward the outer extremity, and without a well-de- 

 fined club. Both the fore wing and the hind wing 

 have the outer margin evenly rounded. 



Egg. — Globular, flattened at the base, marked 

 with irregular polygonal cells. 



Caterpillar. — The head is large, rounded, the 



two halves produced conically and studded with 



little conical papillae. The last segment of the body 



• , ■, Fig. 1 16. — 



IS bifurcate. Neuration of 



Chrysalis. — Relatively long, strongly produced the genus Neo- 

 at the vertex ; elevated on the thorax into a blunt scudder.) 

 tubercular prominence; green in color. 



This genus, which has by some writers been sunk into the 

 genus Euptycbia, Hubner, is quite extensive. Nearly two hun- 

 dred species are included in Euptycbia, which is enormously 

 developed in the tropical regions of the New World. Seven 



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