PL. LXX
(2) Satyrus alope (Fabricius), [Plate LXX], ♀ (The Common Wood-nymph).
Closely resembling the preceding species, but only two thirds its size. The number of the ocelli is not constant, and some specimens lack them entirely. This is the form which is common on the Atlantic seaboard from New Jersey to New Hampshire, and westward to the Mississippi. Expanse 1.75-2.25 inches.
PL. LXXI
(3) Satyrus alope form nephele Kirby, [Plate LXXI], Fig. 1, ♂ (The Clouded Wood-nymph).
This form, long held to be a valid species, has been ascertained by breeding to be a dimorphic variety characterized by the partial or entire suppression of the yellow band on the fore wings and the tendency of the eye-spots to disappear. It is a northern form, and is common in Canada, northern New England, and in corresponding latitudes from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Expanse 1.85-2.25 inches.
(4) Satyrus paulus Edwards, [Plate LXXI], Fig. 2, ♂, Type, under side (The Small Wood-nymph).
Somewhat smaller than S. nephele. Upper side dark brown in both sexes; fore wings always with two ocelli, one near apex, the other near inner angle; hind wing with two ocelli near anal angle. Expanse 1.75-2.00 inches.
Occurs in California and Nevada.