SATYRUS II., III. 
Alope Hies irom North Carolina to New York, and under the form Texana, in 
parts of Texas, possibly elsewhere in the southwest; Nephele, throughout Can¬ 
ada, and slightly modified (Olympus) from Indiana to the Rocky Mountains, and 
again modified (Bodpis) to the Pacific., In New York and New England/both 
Al°pe and JSephele fly, together with all manner of intergrades. South of New 
\ ork, Nephele does not appear to have been taken, unless occasionally in the ad¬ 
jacent parts of New Jersey or Pennsylvania ; certainly, in Virginia it is utterly 
unknown. In Canada, Nephele appears to be the sole form, except that inter¬ 
grades are sometimes found along the southern border. Mr. Caulfield, of Mon¬ 
treal, writes: “ I have never taken a specimen of Nephele showing any tendency 
toward Alope, nor have I seen any Canadian examples showing it.” In north¬ 
east Ohio, Alope is rare, but Nephele is abundant at some seasons. At Toledo, 
northwest Ohio, Alope is reported unknown, but Nephele is present, though it is 
rare. In the middle and southwest parts of the same State, both forms are either 
unknown or are very rarely met with. In Michigan, I cannot learn that Alope 
flies, hut Nephele is common, and apparent intergrades are sometimes seen. 
A lope was described by Fabricius as fuscous, with a yellow (flava) band, with 
h\o ocelli on fore wing; on hind wing, one ocellus above,six beneath. The band 
is broad in the female, usually narrower in the male, pale yellow in both sexes. 
The ocelli on fore wings are round, or sometimes oval, are either large or small* 
olten equal, but sometimes the upper one is larger, at other times the lower one. 
Now and then a third pupilled ocellus appears (II., Fig. 5), and individuals have 
)een ta ^ en * ,ut one ocellus, and this is always the upper one. Some exam¬ 
ples have a black'point in the band, which may be considered as a rudimentary 
ocellus. (III., Figs. 10, 11.) On the upper side of hind wing is often a complete 
ocellus, but in many cases there is a black point only, or even this is wanting. 
Sometimes there are from one to three black points (II., Figs. 1, 2), and very 
laiclj, a second complete ocellus (Fig. 5). The males most often have six small 
ocelli on under side of hind wings, disposed in two groups of three, the middle 
one of each group the largest; the females vary more in the number of these 
ocelli, and most often have a smaller number than six. Of 24 S examined, 62 
pei cent, have 6, 75 per cent, have over 3, 8 per cent, have 0. Of 25 9, 48 per 
cent, have 6, 52 per cent, have over 3, 16 per cent, have 0. 
Io the northward, Alope is blackish-brown, but at the extreme south or south¬ 
west, brown prevails, and the under side has a tint of yellow more or less decided 
over whole under surface, often mixed with gray. The band is yellow, some¬ 
times slightly ochraceous. This differs so much from the northern type that I 
have called it var. Texana. (II., Fig. 7.) All examples of both sexes which I have 
seen have a complete ocellus on hind wing, and six ocelli beneath, of large size 
and in distinct ochrey rings. 
