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Scudder's Satyr

Plate XXV — Scudder's Satyr is Fig. 16
Plate XXV — Scudder's Satyr is Fig. 16

Butterfly.--Distinguished from the preceding species by the larger and paler submarginal markings on the upper side of the wings and the pale color of the basal tract in both wings. On the under side the median band of the secondaries is narrower and more irregularly curved than in ridingsi, with the dentations of the outer margin more sharply produced. Expanse, 1.90 inch.

Early Stages.--Nothing has been written on the early stages, but no doubt they agree closely with those of the other species.

It is found in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona.

"Hast thou heard the butterflies,

What they say betwixt their wings?"

TENNYSON, Adeline.