BUTTERFLIES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 
43. Eyed Grayling (Neonympha canthus). 
Found in the latter part of June and through July and August, 
flying in swampy places. Its flight is low, with a slow, jerky motion. 
It settles here and there among the tall grasses. By beating the 
grass one may often start the butterflies in numbers. The cater- 
pillar hibernates. It féeds on grasses. 
44. Little Wood-Satyr (Neonympha eurytus). 
Common from the’ latter part of May until August, in woods and 
near-by fields, especially fields more or less overgrown with shrubs. 
It is single-brooded. The caterpillar feeds on grasses. 
Subfamily LipyTHEIN2. 
The species belonging to the subfamily Libytheine are char- 
acterized by their long, beak-like, palpi (mouth parts), and by 
the males having four feet adapted for walking, while the females 
have six. They are commonly known as Snout-Butterflies. 
Only a single species is found in the vicinity of New York. 
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