SATYRUS STHENELE. 
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Secondaries liave a very irregular shaped dark brown mesial band, joining which on 
either side is a white space which is in turn much broken and shaded off into brown, which 
latter extends to the base and outer margin ; inner margin whitish, as also is inner half of 
outer margin; two white points surrounded by dark shading towards the anal angle ; base of 
wing very dark ; whole surface is mottled with little lines. Fringes much as on upper side. 
Female, a little larger than male, and not quite so dark in color on either surface ; the 
two black spots on upper surface primaries are much larger, and are surrounded with ochra- 
ceous rings, beneath they are the same size as above ; the under surface, throughout, is not so 
strongly marked as in the male. 
Tolerably common in most parts of California and adjoining territory, where it frequents, 
in common with most of its genus, sunny spots in woods, flying low in and out under the 
bushes. 
SATYRUS HOFFMANI, NOV. ? VAR. 
Male. Expands 2 inches. 
Upper surface dark brown ; primaries have tw r o round black spots with small white 
pupils, the one nearest the costa is geminate, being joined on its low'er edge by a smaller spot, 
these spots are surrounded by a narrow circle of paler color. On the secondaries, towards the 
outer margin between the first and second median nervules, is another ocellus about one-fourth 
the size of those on the superiors ; between the second and third median nervules is a small 
black point. On all wings is an indistinct sub-marginal line; fringes brown. 
Under surface pale greyish and brown ; primaries have ocelli as on upper side, but sur- 
rounded by broad yellow rings, the one encircling the lower ocellus has a small yellow spot 
emanating from it on the upper edge; a narrow wavy sub-marginal and central band; the 
whole surface penciled with short transverse brown lines. 
Secondaries with six ocelli arranged as in S. Pegala, in tw r o rows of three each, the 
middle one of the row' nearest the outer angle is oblong, and produced in a point outwardly, 
the others are round ; all ai’e encircled with yellow and pupiled with white. A V hole surface 
of wing marked with short browm streaks which tend towards segregation near the outer 
margin ; an irregular narrow band or line across the disc. 
Female. Expands 2J inches. 
Upper surface pale yellowish brown ; on primaries the outer half is much the palest, and 
contains two large ocelli, the uppermost geminate, as in male; secondaries, also, have an 
ocellus, accompanied by a small black spot situated as in male. Marginal, sub-marginal and 
mesial lines brown. 
Under surface white, ocelli and other markings as in male, but sharper and better defined 
throughout. 
Taken in 1871, at Owen’s Lake, Nevada, by Dr. A\ T . J. Hoffman, of this city, whose 
name I have perpetuated through it. 
