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of this insect as follows: 1 dimorphic from alope var. Texana and mart— 
tima; 2 dimorphic from pegale var. imcana; sub species, 1 olympus, 
2 boopis. Pegale, ariane and Gabdu are considered as good species, and 
reasons for the conclusion are given: my reasons for holding a contrary 
opinion will be given in describing the varieties. 
The typical a/ope expands nearly two inches, is of a smoky brown 
color, with a clear yellow band near the outer margin, broadest in the Q, 
and in which are contained two large black spots centred with white, the 
latter color surrounded by a few blue scales. They vary in size, and are 
not always equal: occasionally there is a distinct 3d ocellus, and more 
commonly an additional black dot; rarely one of the ocelli, (the lower) 
disappears entirely, or is indicated by a black spot. The secondaries have 
usually a small ocellus near anal angle, often one or two small spots in 
addition thereto, while in many instances the wing is entirely immaculate. 
Beneath, the primaries reproduce the yellow band and ocelli; the second- 
aries have near the outer margin from 0 to 6 ocelli, the number most 
often complete in the °' and the spots most often entirely wanting in 
the Q. Of this typical form, Mr. Edwards has described var. maritima, 
which is somewhat smaller, ground color darker, more blackish, and the 
yellow of the band more reddish. ‘This variety and all the intergrades 
with xephele he took at Martha’s Vineyard. The same variety has been 
taken on Long Island, and I took several specimens the past summer in ~ 
the pine barrens of southern New Jersey which however fully equalled 
in size the ordinary run of alofe. 
Var. Zexana Edw. is of a paler brown, the band more ochrey, the 
anal ocellus complete and always present, the ocelli beneath always six 
in number, larger than in the tvpe form, centred with white, and sur— 
rounded by an ochrey ring. ‘This it the extreme southern form, and the 
transition from the darker northern specimens is gradual. 
Form pegale Fabr. It is difficult to place this insect either as a species 
or asa variety. A variety as that term is ordinarily used is is not—yet 
there are intermediate forms which connect it with the true alope. ‘That 
it breeds true to itself in certain localities is certain, that it varies, and in 
some places produces forms not to be distinguished from a/ope I hope to 
prove. ‘The southern and type form of pegale expands nearly 2.5 inches 
is of a more reddish and with but a single ocellus (the upper.) The sec- 
ondaries have a complete anal ocellus surrounded by yellow and beneath 
are six similar ocelli. The second ocellus of primaries is however very 
