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THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



side of the wings is pale brown, crossed by lines of a 

 darker shade. In the male Alope there are rarely any 

 black dots on the hind wings. The Alope butterfly is 





Hipparchia Alope. 



found all through July and August, and often as late as 

 the last of September. It does not seek the dense shade 

 so much as the Eurytris butterfly, but loves to hover where 

 the sunlight, streaming through the leaves, warms and dries 

 the air. Sometimes late in the season I have seen it ven- 

 ture out from its sylvan hiding-place into the open air 

 of the orchards. 



"The other varieties of this butterfly are not common. 

 The Hipparchia Semidia, or Mountain butterfly is found 

 in the mountainous regions of New England, but I have 

 never known it to visit the more level country. It has the 

 same general character as the two we have just described, 

 wings grayish brown and spotted with a lighter shade of 

 the same color. The texture of its wings is so very deli- 

 cate that it is almost impossible to procure a perfect speci- 

 men. 



