SATYRUS I]., III. 



Body ooiicolorod ; legs and palpi dark brown ; antenna> l)ro\vn, finely annu- 

 lated with wliite ; club ferruginous. (II., Figs. 1, 2.) 



Female. — Expands 2.25 to 2.5 inches. 



U[)per side color of male ; tiie band broader, clearer, and in most cases well 

 defined on both edges ; sometimes, however, hazy on one or Ijoth ; the ocelli 

 large, variable in size, sometimes equal, sometimes the upper one larger, but most 

 often the reverse ; the white point surrounded by blue scales ; the ocellus on 

 secondaries .souu'times large in yellow or ochraceous ring, with white dot, some- 

 times blind, and often wanting altogether; occasionally there are one or two 

 additional black points, corresponding with the ocelli of lower side, though some- 

 times they are present when the ocelli are wanting. 



Under side as in the male, yellow-brown, sometimes with a gray tint ; usually 

 the apex of primaries is grayish; the ocelli have clusters of blue scales; on 

 secondaries they vary in number .as in the male, from nil to six, but a larger 

 per cent, than in the male have none. (II., Figs. 3, 4.) 



Var. Texaxa. 



Of large size, the males expanding 2.25, the females nearly 3 inches; brown 

 color, the band yellow to ochraceous ; all examples observed have a complete 

 ocellus on upper side of secondaries. Un<ler side more yellow than in the type, 

 with a gray tint ; six conspicuous ocelli, in yellow rings, the middle one of upper 

 group almost always long oval. (Fig. 7.) 



Var. Maritijia. 



Of ismall size, dark color, the band reddish -yellow. Common on Martha's 

 Vineyard and Nantucket. (Fig. 6.) 



Form NEPIIELE 



Male. — Expands 1.75 to 2 inches. 



Upper side blackish-brown, the marginal lines and stripe as in Afope, but often 

 obsolete ; primaries have two small black ocelli, placed as in Alopc, without ring, 

 but in some examples a faint yellowish shade represents the ring ; sometimes a 

 white dot in eacli ocellus, but usually the lower one is blind ; secondaries either 

 with or without ocellus, but if present, it is blind and without ring. 



Under side dark yellow-brown, finely streaked, as in AJope, but with less dis- 

 tinctness, and in many examples the discal stripe is nearly or quite obsolete, es- 

 pecially on secondaries ; the ocelli of primaries enlarged, the rings distinct but 

 not clear yellow, being dusky, or more or less obscured ; secondaries have small 

 ocelli ill line russet rings, with central white dot and a few bluish scales; the 



