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Secondaries liave a very irregular shaped dark brown mesial band, joining wliieii on 

 either side is a white space which is in turn mucii broken and shaded oif into brown, which 

 latter extends to the base and outer margin ; inner margin whitish, as also is inner half of 

 outer margin ; two white points surrounded by dark shading towards tiie anal angle ; base of 

 W'ing very dark ; wliole surface is mottled with little lines. Fringes much as on upper side. 



Female, a little larger than male, and not quite so dark in color on either surface ; the 

 two black spots on upper surface primaries are much larger, and are surrounded with oehra- 

 ceous rings, beneath they are the same size as above ; the under surface, throughout, is not so 

 strongly marked as in the male. 



Tolerably common in most parts of California and adjoining territory, where it frequents, 

 in common with most of its genus, sunny spots in woods, flying low in and out under the 

 bushes. 



SATYRUS HOFFMAN!, NOV. •' VAR. 



Male. Expands 2 inches. 



Upper surface dark brown ; primaries have two round black spots with small white 

 pupils, the one nearest the costa is geminate, being joined on its lower edge by a smaller spot, 

 these spots are surrounded by a narrow circle of paler color. On the secondaries, towards the 

 outer margin between the first and second median uervules, is another ocellus about one-fourth 

 the size of those on the superiors ; between the second and third median nervules is a small 

 black point. On all wings is an indistinct sub-marginal line; fringes brown. 



Under surface pale greyish and brown ; primaries have ocelli as on upper side, but sur- 

 rounded by broad yellow rings, the one encircling the lower ocellus has a small yellow spot 

 emanating from it on the upper edge ; a narrow wavy sub-marginal and central band ; the 

 whole surface penciled with short transverse brown lines. 



Secondaries with six ocelli arranged as in S. Pegala, in two rows of three each, the 

 middle one of the row nearest the outer angle is oblong, and produced in a point outwardly, 

 the others are round ; all are encircled with yellow and pupiled with white. Whole surface 

 of wing marked with short brown streaks which tend towards segregation near the outer 

 margin ; an irregular narrow band or line across the disc. 



Female. Expands 2h inches. 



Upper surface pale yellowish brown ; on primaries the outer half is much the palest, and 

 contains two large ocelli, the uppermost geminate, as in male ; secondaries, also, have an 

 ocellus, accompanied by a small black spot situated as in male. Marginal, sub-marginal and 

 mesial lines brown. 



Under surface white, ocelli and other markings as in male, but sharper and better defined 

 throughout. 



Taken in 1871, at Owen's Lake, Nevada, by Dr. W. J. Hoffman, of this city, whose 

 name I have perpetuated through it. 



