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ocelli of the fore wings repeated, the hind wings with six 

 ocelli in two sets of three each. 



The food-plant is coarse wild grass. 



Gulf States ; occasional in New Jersey on the coast ; 

 Mount Holly, N. J. 



88. Satyrus Alope, Fab. 



Expanse of wings from 1.75 to 2.5 inches. 



There are two dimorphic forms and five varieties and 

 sub- varieties of this species, being mostly local instead of 

 seasonal. It occurs from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, 

 and from the Atlantic to the Pacific : in different parts 

 of this region the different forms breed true to their 

 type, but on the border-land between these different local- 

 ities there are numerous intergrades connecting them 

 all. The principal form found in the Atlantic States 

 from North Carolina to New York is Alope; the form 

 Nephele in its typical markings occurs in Canada, with 

 intergrades in New England and other bordering territory; 

 Maritima occurs on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket 

 Islands ; Texana is found in Texas ; the one found from 

 Illinois to the Rocky Mountains is Olympus; and the 

 Pacific slope is represented by Boopis and Inc'ana. The 

 following descriptions of such forms as occur in the 

 Eastern United States, as well as of the preparatory 

 stages, are abbreviated from Edwards's " Butterflies of 

 North America." 



Dimorphic form, Alope, Fab. — Male. — Upper sur- 

 face blackish brown, darkest over the basal area ; outer 

 margin consisting of two fine parallel lines, a little 

 within which is a black stripe. The fore wings have 



