Genus Neonympha 



Michigan. No doubt it occurs elsewhere, but has been over- 

 looked by collectors. 



(6) Neonympha sosybius, Fabricius, Plate XXV, Fig. 5, $ , 

 under side (The Carolinian Satyr). 



Butterfly. — The upper surface is immaculate dark mouse- 

 gray. On the under side the wings are paler, with three 

 transverse undulatory lines, one defining the basal, the other 

 the median area, and one just within the margin. Between the 

 last two are rows of ocelli. The spots in these rows are obscure, 

 except the first on the primaries and the second and last two on 

 the secondaries, which are black, ringed about with yellow and 

 pupiled with blue. 



The female is like the male, but a trifle larger. 



Early Stages. — These have been described by Edwards, 

 French, and Scudder, and do not differ strikingly from those of 

 other species. 



The species ranges from the latitude of New Jersey south- 

 ward, throughout the southern half of the Mississippi Valley to 

 Mexico and Central America. 



(7) Neonympha rubricata, Edwards, Plate XXV, Fig. 3, $ 

 (The Red Satyr). 



Butterfly. — Easily distinguished by its much redder color 

 from all its congeners, among which it has its closest ally in 

 N. eurytus. It has an eye-spot near the apex of the fore wing, 

 and one near the anal angle of the hind wing. The basal area of 

 the primaries beneath is bright reddish; the secondaries on this 

 side are gray, crossed by two transverse lines as in the preceding 

 species, and a double submarginal line. On the fore wings the 

 double submarginal line is repeated, and in addition there is 

 another line which runs upward from just before the inner angle 

 to the costa, at about one third of its length from the apex. The 

 eye-spots of the upper side reappear below, and in addition there 

 is another near the outer angle of the secondaries, and a few sil- 

 very well-defined ocelli between the two on the secondaries. 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



The Red Satyr is found in Texas, Arizona, Mexico, and Cen- 

 tral America. 



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