Genus Satyrus 



Early Stages.— These have been described and figured by 

 Edwards in "The Butterflies of North America," vol. iii. The 

 caterpillar is green, marked by paler stripes and lozenge-shaped 

 spots of pale green on the side. The chrysalis is pale green. 

 The egg is pale saffron. The caterpillars feed on grass. 



Mead's Satyr ranges through Colorado, Montana, Utah, and 

 Arizona. 



(5) Satyrus paulus, Edwards, Plate XXVI, Fig. 19, $ , under 

 side (The Small Wood-nymph). 



Butterfly.— A little smaller than S. nepbele, dark brown above 

 in both sexes, the fore wings always with two pupilate ocelli, 

 one near the apex, the other near the inner angle, most conspicu- 

 ously developed in the female. The secondaries have one or 

 two spots of the same kind near the anal angle. On the under 

 side the wings are pale reddish-brown, abundantly marked by 

 transverse strias. The primaries are marked with gray at the 

 apex and on the outer margin, and have a submarginal and sub- 

 median transverse ferruginous line, between which the ocelli are 

 located. The secondaries are crossed by a broad darker median 

 band defined inwardly and outwardly by narrow dark lines. The 

 outer third is pale gray, mottled with darker spots and lines, and 

 traversed by a dark ferruginous submarginal line. Expanse, 

 1.7S-2.00 inches. 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



Paulus occurs in California and Nevada. It has been regarded 

 as a variety of stbenele by some writers; but I am convinced of 

 its distinctness, though there is considerable resemblance. 



(6) Satyrus charon, Edwards, Plate XXVI, Fig. n, $ ; Fig. 

 12, $ (The Dark Wood-nymph). 



Butterfly.— The male is dark in color; the female is paler. 

 There are two eye-spots on the fore wings in the usual location, 

 indistinct on the upper, distinct on the lower side of the wings. 

 The under sides of the wings are variable. In the type they are 

 dark; in other specimens they are paler. They may or may not 

 have ocelli on the secondaries. The form with obsolescent 

 ocelli has been named silvestris by Edwards. Both the fore and 

 hind wings are abundantly and evenly marked by little stria;, and 

 crossed on either side of the median area by obscure, irregular, 

 transverse dark lines, either one or both of which may be want- 

 ing in some specimens. Expanse, 1. 50-1.75 inch. 



Early Stages. — These have been described and beautifully 



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