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Hipparchia Alope, Fab. Alope Butterfly. (Fig. 127.) 



Dark brown ; fore wings with a broad ochre-yellow band 



beyond the middle, enclosing two round black spots, with a 



sky-blue centre ; hind wings notched behind, with from one 



to three eye-like spots of a black color, with a blue centre 



on the upper side, and 



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four or five of the same 



kind, but of unequal 

 size, beneath ; the under 

 side of the wings is pale 

 brown, with numerous 

 dark brown streaks. The 

 eye-spots on the hind 

 wings are sometimes 

 wanting in the males. 



Expands from 2 to 2| inches. In the Southern States 

 individuals are found measuring three inches. 



The Alope butterfly is found from the first of July to the 

 middle of September in open woods and in orchards. The 

 caterpillar is pale green with dark green stripes ; the head is 

 round, and the tail ends in a short fork. The chrysalis is 

 elongated, roundish at the sides, with the head notched. 



Hipparchia Boisduvallii. Boisduval's Butterfly. (Fig. 128.) 



Pale yellowish-brown ; the fore wings upon both sides 

 have four eve-like, blackish 



. , J ' Fig. 128. 



spots, with a white centre, 

 and the hind wings have 

 six, the external spot re- 

 mote from the others, and 

 the two next to the hind 

 angle very small and close 

 together. In some indi- 

 viduals the white centre is 

 wanting in some of the eye-spots on the upper side of the 

 wings. 



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