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 feeds 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 Libythein^:. 



The species belonging to the subfamily Libytheince 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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