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INIOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



dark brown and wliitt-. tlic .shade's hcMng- dislril)nl('d in an irregular 

 manner. The base of the wing- is dark l)r(nvn, tlien eonies an uneven 

 band of lighter l)ro\vn, outside of wliieh is a wide band of dark brown 

 made up of uumerons iiregular markings. Beyoud tliis the wing is 

 lighter, with many white sti'eaks, tlie brown markings again growing 

 more numerous toward tlie outer margin. Tlie scales are not thickly 

 laid on the wings, and on liolding a s[)eeinu:'n toward the light it will 

 be seen to be senii-trans})arent, particularly the lower portion of the 

 upper wings. The tliorax is hairy below. The antennae are spotted 

 witli white and brown, and tlie slender club is reddish. 



From the middle to the latter part of .fnly this bntterfl}- may be 

 seen in numbers near the top of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 

 and one or two other points of almost equal elevation. It is worth a 

 climb of several thousand feet to see this interesting species in its 

 bleak and wind-swept home. Tlie weather is frequently very cold 

 and windy here, and it often hails and even snows in the summer 

 time, but let the sun come out for half an hour, and out will come 

 the butterflies as if they were flitting about a lowhiiid meadow and 

 a snow s(juall was the last thing to be thonght of. They hug the 

 ground })retty closely while on the wing, l)ut they are not ra^pid or 

 strong flyers, and it is a wonder that ere this they have not been 

 swept out of existence. The larva is said to feed on lichens. 



Satyrus alope. Male. 



Safiirus (dope makes its appearance eai'ly in Jul}^, and is usually 

 very abundant by the middle of that month in low lands, along 

 brooks or ponds fringed with a line of liushes or trees. It is not a 



