THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 51 



ON CERTAIN SPECIES OF SATYRUS. 



BY \V. H. EDWARDS, COALBURGH, W. \'A. 

 (Continued from Page 32.) 



Pegala. — At the extreme south, and restricted principally to the 

 southern part of the Gulf States and Florida, this species appears. Fabri- 

 cius described it in 1775, m Syst. Ent. ; says it is fuscous, the fore wing 

 with a rufous (rufa) band and a single ocellus ; the hind wing with a single 

 ocellus above, 6 below, with ferruginous irides and white pupils. Although 

 the single ocellus on fore wing is one of the principal characteristics of 

 Pegala, both ocelli are occasionally found in the female, and more often 

 the second ocellus is represented in both sexes by a black dot or a small 

 round spot. One of these two-eyed examples seems to be figured in 

 Boisduval and LeConte, after Abbot, for A/ope. Dr. Boisduval says in the 

 text that he regards Pegala as a one-eyed variety of Alope, and I think he 

 has given a two-eyed Pegala for Alope in his plate. The larva is repre- 

 sented as having one broad and one narrow white band, the intervening 

 space being gray. This is considerably unlike Alope, which has one yellow 

 band over the feet, and no gray at all, all the surface being green. The 

 chrysalis of the plate has two ocellar prominences, while the head case 

 of Alope is truncated and rounded, with no prominences. 



I was informed by Mr. James Ridings, who collected one season in 

 Georgia, some years ago, that in its habits Pegala differed considerably 

 from Alope, flying in the pine forests and alighting on the bark of trees. 

 When disturbed it would fly about for a while and eventually return to the 

 same spot. It seemed to him to resemble Debis Portlandia in habits 

 rather than the species of its own genus. Mr. VV. H. Ashmead, of Jack- 

 sonville, Fla., writes me : " Pegala is quite common, in hummocks, along 

 fences and in the outskirts of forest, from about the middle of July to 

 October. When chased they fly high and alight on the side of a tree, and 

 are seldom seen in open fields." Dr. A. W. Chapman writes : " Pegala is 

 or was common in the open pine woods back of this city (Apalachicola). 

 It seemed to like a hot sandy exposure, but I never saw one in my garden 

 or in the fields. . They always alight on the naked bodies of the pines 

 with head up, down, or sideways." I cannot learn that Pegala and Alope 

 fly in the same localities or even in the same districts. There appears to 

 be a belt in the cotton States, or from Georgia to Mississippi at 



