Genus Satyrus 



Genus SATYRUS, Westwood 



(The Wood-nymphs) 



" Fluttering, like some vain, painted butterfly, 

 From glade to glade along the forest path." 



Arnold, Light of Asia. 



Butterfly,— Butterflies of medium size, their wings marked with 

 eye-like spots, or ocelli. Upon the upper surface they are generally 

 obscurely colored of some shade of gray or brown, 

 occasionally marked with bands of yellow. On 

 the under side the wings are generally beautifully 

 striated and spotted, with the eye-like spots more 

 prominent. The costal vein at the base is greatly 

 swollen; the median and submedian veins less 

 so. The first and second subcostal nervules 

 arise very near the end of the cell, slightly be- 

 fore it. The outer margin of the fore wing is 

 evenly rounded; the outer margin of the hind 

 Fig i^T^-Neu- w ' n § somewhat scalloped; the head small, the 

 ration of trie genus eyes of moderate size, full, naked; the antenna; 

 Scudder') (After g raduall V thickening to a broadly rounded club, 

 which is slightly depressed; the palpi slender, 

 compressed, profusely clothed beneath with long hairs. The 

 fore legs are very small. 



Egg.— Short, barrel-shaped, greatly diminishing in size on 

 the upper half; truncated at the summit; the sides furnished 

 with a large number of vertical ribs, not very high, with numer- 

 ous delicate cross-lines between them. At the summit the ribs 

 are connected by a waved, raised elevation. 



Caterpillar.— Head globular; body cylindrical, tapering from 

 the middle forward and backward; provided with short and 

 slender diverging anal horns. 



Chrysalis.— Shaped very much as in the genus Debis, from 

 which it is hardly distinguishable. Generally green in color. 



This genus includes numerous species which are more or less 

 subject to varietal modifications. In the following pages I have 

 treated as species a number of forms which by some writers are 

 reckoned as mere varieties. Whether the view of those who 

 regard these forms in the light of varieties is correct is not per- 



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