188 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST 



This is a very pale and faded-looking butterfly ; it is the light- 

 est of all the Satyrids, having a washed-out appearance, even 

 when fresh and bright. The upper side has a satiny gloss, and ^ 

 light bronzy reflection which is peculiar, in fact unique, in a 

 Satyrid, and which is not adequately shown on the plate, as it is 

 one of those elusive colors that escapes the photographic lens. 

 The peculiar twinning of the ocellus of Figure c is an oddity; 

 several of the females in my cabinet have twinned ocelli, sometimes 

 the apical one, and again the inner one is twinned ; they seem to 

 have no fixed plan about it. 



257. Satyrus Paulus. 



Plate XXIV ; Figures 257, b, c. 



Fig. 257, Male, Southern CaHfornia, Riche Canyon, 1885 

 Author. 



b. Female, Glenwood Spring, Colorado, Aug., 1892 



W._ H. Edwards. 



c, Female, underside, Truckee, Cal., July, 1890 



Author. 

 Paulus is rather a dry-land, tropical species ; it loves hot, semi- 

 desert places, and I have generally found it in localities where the 

 grass is all dry and dead, and apparently the eggs must wait till 

 the next spring before they hatch, as there is no green grass for 

 the larvae to feed upon in the localities where the butterflies live. 

 Paulus is a lazy thing, it never flits about, or sips on the flowers, 

 but just sits still and you do not see it till it starts up at the 

 approaching footfall, when it takes refuge at once under some 

 friendly bush, where it cannot be reached by the net. 



258. Satyrus Charon. 



Plate XXIV ; Figures 258, b, a. 



Fig. 258, Male, Mountains of Central California, 1891 ; 

 Author. 



a, Male, underside. Mountains of Central Califor- 



nia, 1891 ; Author. 



b. Female, Helena, Montana, June, 1890; Author. 

 Charon is very abundant, and widespread as well. It lives at 



moderate elevations, in the valleys and among the foothills of the 

 larger mountains, but is never seen on the plains. The figures 

 show this species very well indeed. It is sometimes mixed with 



