+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXVI | | | | 1. _Satyrus alope_, Fabricius, ♂. | | 2. _Satyrus alope_, Fabricius, ♀. | | 3. _Satyrus nephele_, Kirby, ♂. | | 4. _Satyrus nephele_, Kirby, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 5. _Satyrus ariane_, Boisduval, ♂. | | 6. _Satyrus ariane_, Boisduval, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 7. _Satyrus oetus_, Boisduval, ♂. | | 8. _Satyrus oetus_, Boisduval, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 9. _Satyrus olympus_, Edwards, ♂. | | 10. _Satyrus olympus_, Edwards, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 11. _Satyrus charon_, Edwards, ♂. | | 12. _Satyrus charon_, Edwards, ♀. | | 13. _Satyrus meadi_, Edwards, ♀. | | 14. _Satyrus meadi_, Edwards, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 15. _Satyrus baroni_, Edwards, ♂. | | 16. _Satyrus baroni_, Edwards, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 17. _Satyrus gabbi_, Edwards, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 18. _Satyrus pegala_, Fabricius, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 19. _Satyrus paulus_, Edwards, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 20. _Satyrus sthenele_, Boisduval, ♂, | | _under side_. | | | | [Illustration PLATE XXVI.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+
(1) =Satyrus pegala=, Fabricius, Plate XXVI, Fig. 18, ♀, _under side_ (The Southern Wood-nymph).
_Butterfly._--The largest species of the genus in our fauna, easily recognized by the broad yellow submarginal band on the primaries, marked with a single eye-spot in the male and two eye-spots in the female. The plate gives a correct idea of the under side of the wings. Expanse, 2.75 inches.
_Early Stages._--These have only been partially ascertained. The caterpillar, like all others of the genus, feeds on grasses.
This insect is found in the Gulf States and as far north as New Jersey, and is probably only a large Southern form of the next species.
(2) =Satyrus alope=, Fabricius, Plate XXVI, Fig. 1, ♂; Fig. 2, ♀; Plate III, Fig. 18, _larva_ (The Common Wood-nymph).
_Butterfly._--Closely resembling the preceding species, but only two thirds of its size. The figures in our plate give a correct idea of its appearance. The number of the ocelli is not constant, and occasionally specimens occur in which they are almost wanting. Several varietal forms have been described: _S. maritima_, from Long Island and Martha's Vineyard, in which the wings are smaller, the band inclined to orange-yellow, and the upper side of the wings is darker than in the typical form; and _S. texana_, from the extreme South, in which the ground-color of the wings is paler brown, the yellow band ochreous, and the spots on the under side of the hind wings larger than in the other forms.