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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.