THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



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Hipparchia Eurytris. 



and flutters low among the bushes, as if to hide from even 

 the dayhght. It is especially the Quaker butterfly, for the • 

 color of its wings is a fine Quaker drab," shaded a little 

 darker toward the shoulders. Near the margin of all the 

 wings is a band a shade light- 

 er, and on the band, on each 

 wing, are two eye-like black 

 spots surrounded by a ring 

 of very pale drab. The un- 

 der side is precisely like the 

 upper. The wings of this lit- 

 tle butterfly are very delicate and fine in texture, and so 

 easily soiled or broken as to make it difficult to capture 

 without injury. The Eurytris butterfly is found in July, 

 and sometimes as late as the last of August. It expands 

 about one inch and a half. 



" The largest of these butterflies is the Hipparchia Alope. 

 Its wings expand two inches, and even larger specimens 

 have been captured. I have one in my collection measur- 

 ing over two inches and a half; but you have found none 

 over the usual size. The wings are all dull brown. Across 

 the centre of the fore wings is a broad ochre-yellow band, 

 on which are two black spots, with a light blue centre. 

 The hind wings are scalloped and ornamented with a row 

 of black dots round the margin, outside of which is a band 

 of lighter brown than the rest of the wing. The under 



