. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. black dots placed in pails. Oneach side below the wing-cases is a brown stripe; keel ofmesonotum brown, with brown mottlings on the wing-cases. The imago emerges in thirteen days. The eggs are deposited on grass, and there are twobroods in a season. The butterfly is found with Gemmaand Eurytris within the edge of the forest, or, if in theopen country, always near timber. Middle and Southern States, Mississippi Valley. 87. Satyrus Pegala, Fab. Expanse of wings inches. Upper surface black
. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. black dots placed in pails. Oneach side below the wing-cases is a brown stripe; keel ofmesonotum brown, with brown mottlings on the wing-cases. The imago emerges in thirteen days. The eggs are deposited on grass, and there are twobroods in a season. The butterfly is found with Gemmaand Eurytris within the edge of the forest, or, if in theopen country, always near timber. Middle and Southern States, Mississippi Valley. 87. Satyrus Pegala, Fab. Expanse of wings inches. Upper surface blackish brown, a broad buff band onthe outer part of the fore wings, not reaching eithermargin, and containing a single pupilled ocellus on itsanterior end. In some female specimens another ocellusis found on the posterior end of the band, but more oftenthe second ocellus is represented in both sexes by a blackdot or a small round spot. Near the anal angle of thehind wings is a single black ocellus. Under side brownish gray, both wings crossed bymany abbreviated brown lines. The buff band and PLATE 1. Satyrus Pegala, Fabr., Ga. 2. Satyrus Alope, var. Olympus, Edw., 9,111. 3. Neonympha Canthus, , 9. I^^- 4. Neonympha Eurytris, Fab., 5. m* 5. Thecla Calanus, Hub., 111. 6. Thecla Melinus, Hub., Fla. 7. Eumteus Atala, Ptey, Fla. 8. Libythea Bachmani, Kirth, 9>W. Va. 9. Neonympha Gemma, Hub., 9» m* EASTERN UNITED STATES. 243 ocelli of the fore wings repeated, the hind wings with sixocelli in two sets of three each. The food-plant is coarse wild grass. Gulf States; occasional in New Jersey on the coast;Mount Holly, N. J. 88. Satyrus Alope, Fab. Expanse of wings from to inches. There are two dimorphic forms and five varieties andsub-varieties of this species, being mostly local instead ofseasonal. It occurs from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico,and from the Atlantic to the Pacific: in different partsof this region the different forms breed true to theirtype, but on the
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