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gan, but less abundantly than Nephele. He sent me several examples, two 

 of which were females, taken at Lansing, and labelled Aldpe , a third, 

 male, from Indiana just south of the State line, was so labelled. All these 

 were Nephele with a little yellow about the ocelli. With them was a pure 

 type Nephele from Lansing. On writing Prof. Cook respecting these, he 

 replied : " I feel confident that there are no typical Alope in Michigan, if 

 none that I sent are such. I have seen several Michigan collections and 

 never one specimen with more yellow than the yellowest which I sent 

 you. Years ago you named for Dr. Miles some of our Lansing 'Alope.' So 

 you see my authority was good." * 



Mr. F. S. Sleeper, of Kalamazoo. Michigan, writes : " Nephele pure 

 type is quite common in this locality. I have never seen Alope here, but 

 I have one specimen which I captured in Ingram Co. in 1867, which is 

 undoubtedly the true Alope." Ingram is the county in which is Lansing, 

 the capital of the State. 



Prof. D. J. Higley, of Ann Arbor, writes : "I send a specimen of 

 what I have supposed Alope. I think this is not nearly so common as the 

 form Nephele. The yellow in the specimen sent is more conspicuous than 

 any I have seen." This example has a clear yellow space just about each 

 ocellus and a ligament of same shade joining the two rings together. 

 Outside is a narrow obscure yellow space. It is to be classed with Nephele. 



We may say then that Nephele alone inhabits the country west of New 

 York to the Rocky Mountains, except that it may be found in eastern 

 Ohio and occasionally in Michigan ; and is a second time modified on the 

 Pacific slope, appearing as Boopis. The more northern variety incana is 

 nearer to Nephele type than is Boopis, and possibly may prevail to the 

 northward and in Brit. Am. connect with the type. Gabbii is nearer to 

 Alope than Nephele. Wheeleri is considerably different from Alope or 

 Pegala, and I cannot give a suggestion as to its origin. Perhaps it should 

 rank in a distinct group, though I here leave it with Pegala. 



* It was in 1863 that I named the specimens for Dr. Miles. In 1866 I wrote the 

 paper on these forms which was printed in Proc. Ent. Soc, vol. vi., p. 195. I had 

 brought together a large number of specimens from many localities, and came to the 

 conclusion that Alope and Nephele were two distinct species, and gave my reasons 

 therefor, but I find that I then classed nearly all the variations (now known to be inter- 

 grades) with Nepliele, using these words : " Alope varies comparatively little, and very 

 little in the direction of Nephele. The variation of Nephele is extreme and in the direc- 

 tion of Alope, but with the greater number of variations close to the type. Occasionally 

 one individual more aberrant than the rest reaches farther towards Alope," etc. 





