SATYRUS II., III. 
Body concolored; legs and palpi dark brown ; antenna? brown, finely anno¬ 
tated with white; club ferruginous. (II., Figs. 1, 2.) 
Female. — Expands 2.25 to 2.5 inches. 
Upper side color of male; the band broader, clearer, and in most cases well 
defined on both edges; sometimes, however, hazy on one or both; the ocelli 
laige, variable in size, sometimes equal, sometimes the upper one larger, but most 
often the reverse; the white point surrounded by blue scales; the ocellus on 
secondaries sometimes large in yellow or ochraceous ring, with white dot, some¬ 
times blind, and often wanting altogether; occasionally there are one or two 
additional black points, corresponding with the ocelli of lower side, though some¬ 
times they are present when the ocelli are wanting. 
Under side as in the male, yellow-brown, sometimes with a gray tint; usually 
the apex of primaries is grayish; the ocelli have clusters oi blue scales; on 
secondaries they vary in number as in the male, from nil to six, but a larger 
per cent, than in the male have none. (II., Figs. 3, 4.) 
Var. Texaxa. 
Of large size, the males expanding 2.25, the females nearly 3 inches; brown 
color, the band yellow to ochraceous ; all examples observed have a complete 
ocellus on upper side of secondaries. Under side more yellow than in the type, 
with a gray tint; six conspicuous ocelli, in yellow rings, the middle one of upper 
group almost always long oval. (Fig. 7.) 
Var. Maritima. 
Of small size, dark color, the band reddish-yellow. Common on Martha’s 
Vineyard and Nantucket. (Fig. 6.) 
Form NEPHELE. 
Male. —Expands 1.75 to 2 inches. 
Upper side blackish-brown, the marginal lines and stripe as in Alope, but often 
obsolete ; primaries have two small black ocelli, placed as in Alope, without ring, 
but ,some examples a faint yellowish shade represents the ring ; sometimes a 
white dot in each ocellus, but usually the lower one is blind ; secondaries either 
with oi without ocellus, but if present, it is blind and without ring. 
Under side dark yellow-brown, finely streaked, as in Alope, but with less dis¬ 
tinctness, and in many examples the discal stripe is nearly or quite obsolete, es¬ 
pecially on secondaries; the ocelli of primaries enlarged, the rings distinct but 
not clear yellowy being dusky, or more or less obscured ; secondaries have small 
ocelli in fine russet rings, with central white dot and a few bluish scales; the 
