SATYRUS II., III. 
At Martha’s Vineyard, distant about seven miles from the main-land, and on 
Nantucket, which is some fifteen miles further at sea, a small form is found 
which I have called var. Maritima. (II., Fig. 6.) It is very black, and has a 
reddish-yellow band, not a yellow one, as in Alope. Whether it is restricted to 
the islands, or appears on the adjacent coast, I have not been able to ascertain. 
Nepliele was described by Kirby as follows: “ Wings brown ; primaries, both 
above and below, with a paler sub-marginal broad band, including two eyelets, 
the upper ones surrounded by a paler atmosphere, with a black iris and white 
pupil; on the under side the atmosphere is most distinct and forms a kind of 
glory round the eyelets,” etc. Apparently this is a description of a female. The 
wings of the male are blackish-brown, the ocelli are small, usually without rings, 
and often without pupils. (III., Figs. 1, 2 <?, 3, 4 9, Canadian examples). 
There is a certain belt of latitude which includes most of the State of New 
York and southern New England, in which both Alope and Nepliele are found, 
together with every possible intergrade. Towards the southern border of this 
belt, or in the lowlands, as along the valley of the Hudson River, Alope pure type 
prevails; in the Catskill Mountains, and to the northern border, pure Nepliele 
is found, but with Nepliele , in all its localities within the belt, are intergrades. 
In the Catskills, I have taken Alope as conspicuously banded as any in Virginia, 
but such examples are rare, forming, perhaps, two or three per cent, of the flight. 
These intergrades are distinguishable by the atmosphere about the ocelli. What 
Kirby calls the “ pale ” atmosphere appears in the males also, and in both sexes 
gradually widens and becomes less obscure till it culminates in a clear yellow 
band, that is, in Alope . (111., Figs. 7-13.) 
Of 7 $ Nepliele pure type, from Canada, all have 6 ocelli beneath hind wing; 
of 10?, 20 per cent, have 6, 60 per cent, have over 3, 10 per cent, have 0 ; so 
that there is an excess of ocelli in both sexes, but especially in the male, as com¬ 
pared with Alope. 
The form which abounds in Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and west to the 
mountains differs a little from the greater number of Nepliele , as seen in Can¬ 
ada, though individuals are found there which are not distinguishable from it. 
But a series of examples from Canada and one from Illinois will show a percep¬ 
tible difference. The males of this western form are almost black, the ocelli are 
very small and without rings; but in some cases there is a faint russet or yellow 
glow about the ocelli, and perhaps this will suffuse the space between them. On 
the under side the rings are russet or ochraceous on both wings. The females 
are nearly always dark, without the “ paler atmosphere ” mentioned by Kirby. 
This is what I have called var. Olympus. (HI-, Figs. 5, 6.) But occasionally an 
example appears with a pale yellow atmosphere about the ocelli, as in some in- 
