SATYRUS r. 



seen on referring to Volume II, Plate 41, Fig. h. The whole surface here is 

 green, except a narrow stripe of yellow along base, and a subdorsal faint yellow 

 line. The larva of Alope, form Oli/nijnis, Plate 42, Fig. a, is green, but has the 

 subdorsal line developed into a stripe as conspicuous as the basal. The chrysalis 

 of Boisduval's plate has two ocellar prominences, much as in Neonvmpha 

 Gemma, while the head case of Alojje is truncated and rounded, with no pro- 

 jections. 



I have tried in vain for years to obtain eggs of Pcyafa, in order to become 

 acquainted with all the preparatory stages. Until we know to the contrar}^, 1 

 suppose the coloring of the larva and the shape of the chrysalis, as given by 

 Abbot, must be regarded as correct. Though I only know of these by Bois- 

 duval's figures spoken of. 



I was informed by that veteran lepidopterist, the late Mr. James Ridings of 

 Philadelphia, who collected one season in Georgia, after I became acquainted 

 with him, that, in its habits, Pecjalu differed considerably from Aloj)e, flying in 

 the pine forests and alighting on the bark of trees. When disturbed, it would 

 fly about for a whUe, and eventually I'eturn to the same spot. It seemed to him 

 to resemble Debis Poiilandia in habits rather than Alope. 



Mr. William H. Ashmead, when a resident of Jacksonville, Florida, wrote me : 

 " Pegala is quite common in hummocks, along fences, and in the outskirts of 

 forest, from about the middle of July to October. When chased they fly high 

 and alight on the side of a tree, and are seldom seen in open fields." (Alope and 

 Nephele fly slowly and low, and I have never heard of their alighting on trees.) 

 Dr. A. W. Chapman wrote from Appalachicola : •' Perjala is or was common in 

 the open pine woods back of this city. It seemed to like a hot, sandy exposure, 

 but I never saw one in my garden or in the fields. They always alight on the 

 naked bodies of the pines, with head up, down, or sideways." 



This species seems to be very nearly restricted to the southern part of the 

 Gulf States. It has been taken in a single instance by Mr. T. L. Mead, in middle 

 Florida, at Oviedo, Orange County. He sent me a male caught in his peach 

 orchard, the present j'ear (1889); and writes as follows : " The only examples 

 seen were the one sent you and one other. I saw them in the orchard on the 

 fallen fruit. When disturbed, and at other times, they hid in the den.se foliage of 

 the orange trees. In company with them were some Limenitis Eros and an 

 Apatura." So far as I know, Per/ala has not before been taken much to the 

 south of Jacksonville. How far to the northward, along the coast, it flies, I am 

 not advised. I formeidy received examples from St. Simon's Island, Georgia. 



What I spoke of as " a diminutive Pegala (as if from a starved caterpillar) " 

 in Can. Ent. XII, 52, sent me by Professor Lewis R. Gibbes, of Charleston, S. 



