GENUS SATYRUS 185 



and on hind wings one similar ocellus, with one, two, or three small 

 blind ocelli on each ; dark brown margin in two lines, on both 

 wings, the inner one darker, and cut by the nervures. 



Underside, both wings, base light brown, with fine brown mot- 

 tlings disposed transversely ; a brown, obtuse V in cell of hind 

 wing ; the outer half of fore wing nearly as above ; the outer half 

 of hind wing is lighter than the basal part, but is similarly mottled, 

 and includes six white-ringed and white-pupilled ocelli, arranged 

 in two series of three each, the middle ones in each series being 

 larger than the others. 



The country whence this species comes, as I understand from 

 Mr. Stephens, was at one time volcanic, and now is a sort of Dead 

 Sea region of wide, sandy wastes, draining into dead salt lakes 

 and marshes that have no outlets. The whole country adjoining, 

 in Nevada and in Oregon, seems to be similar: a dreadful salt 

 desert, wherein this beautiful butterfly is perhaps the only object 

 of beauty. 



250. Satyrus Gabbi. 



Plate XXIII ; Figures 250, b. 



Fig. 250, Male, Northeastern California; F. Stephens, 

 1894. 

 b, Male, underside. Northeastern California; F. 

 Stephens, 1894. 

 The figures of the male given herewith are the subjects of 

 illustration, because the male has never before been figured. The 

 female, as in all Satyrids, is larger and paler, both above and be- 

 low, than the male. 



Gabbi is one of the rare species of the country ; it is a very 

 fine and handsome species, and, with Stephensi and Wheeleri, is 

 noted for the size of the six perfect ocelli on the hind wing. Gabbi 

 was taken prior to 1880, in which year it was named ; since which 

 time it seems to have become lost, and well-nigh unknown. I 

 have never seen the living insect. 



250a. Satyrus Wheeleri. 



No figure. 

 This is one of the "lost butterflies." It was found in 1872, 

 along the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, by a 

 Government expedition, but has never been seen by any one since 

 that time. 



