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Carolinian Satyr
Butterfly.--The upper surface is immaculate dark mousegray. On the under side the wings are paler, with three transverse undulatory lines, one defining the basal, the other the median area, and one just within the margin. Between the last two are rows of ocelli. The spots in these rows are obscure, except the first on the primaries and the second and last two on the secondaries, which are black, ringed about with yellow and pupiled with blue.
The female is like the male, but a trifle larger.
Early Stages.--These have been described by Edwards, French, and Scudder, and do not differ strikingly from those of other species.
The species ranges from the latitude of New Jersey southward, throughout the southern half of the Mississippi Valley to Mexico and Central America.