24 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



In the belt spoken of, Nephele rather keeps to the highlands. It is 

 the prevailing form in the Catskills, if with it are classed the intergrades, 

 but full-banded Alope may be taken in small numbers every season. Along 

 the Hudson River, A lope is the common form, but I have received inter- 

 grades very near to Nephele from Mr. Hulst, taken at Hoboken, N. J.; and 

 a black Nephele £ from Mr. H. Laitloff, which he writes me was taken 

 some five years since near Greenville, Jersey City. It was so unusual a 

 form that Mr. Laitloff sent it to me for name. At Coalburgh, W. Va., 

 Nephele is never seen, but Alope is the only form ; and so on southward. 



2. — Alope was described by Fabricius, Ent. Syst, 1793, as fuscous 

 •(fitsca) with a yellow (flava) band ; with two ocelli on fore wings ; on 

 hind wing one Ocellus above, six below. The band is very broad in the 

 female, usually narrower in the male, pale yellow in both sexes. The 

 ocelli resemble those of Nephele and vary in same manner. Usually they 

 are round, but sometimes oval ; are either small or large, often equal, but 

 sometimes the upper is larger, at others the lower. Now and then a third 

 pupilled ocellus appears, and individuals have been taken with but one 

 ocellus (the upper). It is not very unusual to find examples in which a 

 black point, or what may be considered as a rudimentary ocellus, presents 

 itself. On the upper side of hind wing is often a small but complete 

 ocellus near inner angle, but in many cases it is partly or wholly wanting ; 

 and occasionally there are one or two black spots in addition. The males 

 in the majority of examples have six small ocelli on the under side of the 

 hind wings ; the females rarely have six, and often none at all. At the 

 north, Alope is blackish-brown, more brown in the female ; but to the 

 southward brown prevails in both sexes ; and it is of a lighter shade, while 

 the under side has a tint of yellow more or less decided over whole sur- 

 face, often mixed with gray. The band is of yellow, or with a slight 

 ochrey tint. This is a description of the extreme southern type, and to 

 distinguish I call it var. Texana. All examples from Texas which I have 

 seen have a complete anal ocellus, and six ocelli beneath, of pretty large 

 size — larger than in northern Alope — in distinct ochrey rings ; the pupils 

 white points with a few blue scales about them in the larger ocelli. Of 70 

 Nephele £ examined, 50 have 6 ocelli, n have 5, 3 have 4, 3 have 3, 2 

 have 1, 1 has o. 



Of 55 Nephele % , 6 have 6, 1 has 5, 4 have 4, 13 have 3, 7 have 2, 13 

 have 1, 11 have o. 



Of 24 Alope $ , 15 have 6 ocelli, 3 have 5, 4 have 1, 2 have o. 



