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rapid flyer, geiierall}' kee{)ino- near tlie ground and often alighting- in 

 the coarse grass or on tlie foliage of the bushes. The females are 



Satyrus alope. Male. 



considerably larger tlian the males, and there is a good deal of varia- 

 tion between individuals in regard to the size of the eye-spots, as the 

 accompanying illustrations from those captured in the same locality 



Satyrus alope. Female. 



will show. An interesting capture made in Wellesle3% Mass., is 

 shown in the following illustration. It is doubtless an albino, and is 

 an example of the strangely colored insects one may occasionally 

 take while collecting large numbei's of specimens. The ground tint 

 is a light tan color streaked with light brown, and the patcli on the 



