2.—_Alope_ was described by Fabricius, Ent. Syst., 1793, as fuscous (_fusca_) with a yellow (_flava_) band; with two ocelli on fore wings; on hind wing one ocellus above, six below. The band is very broad in the female, usually narrower in the male, pale yellow in both sexes. The ocelli resemble those of _Nephele_ and vary in same manner. Usually they are round, but sometimes oval; are either small or large, often equal, but sometimes the upper is larger, at others the lower. Now and then a third pupilled ocellus appears, and individuals have been taken with but one ocellus (the upper). It is not very unusual to find examples in which a black point, or what may be considered as a rudimentary ocellus, presents itself. On the upper side of hind wing is often a small but complete ocellus near inner angle, but in many cases it is partly or wholly wanting; and occasionally there are one or two black spots in addition. The males in the majority of examples have six small ocelli on the under side of the hind wings; the females rarely have six, and often none at all. At the north, _Alope_ is blackish-brown, more brown in the female; but to the southward brown prevails in both sexes; and it is of a lighter shade, while the under side has a tint of yellow more or less decided over whole surface, often mixed with gray. The band is of yellow, or with a slight ochrey tint. This is a description of the extreme southern type, and to distinguish I call it var. _Texana_. All examples from Texas which I have seen have a complete anal ocellus, and six ocelli beneath, of pretty large size—larger than in northern _Alope_—in distinct ochrey rings; the pupils white points with a few blue scales about them in the larger ocelli. Of 70 _Nephele_ ♂ examined, 50 have 6 ocelli, 11 have 5, 3 have 4, 3 have 3, 2 have 1, 1 has 0. Of 55 _Nephele_ ♀, 6 have 6, 1 has 5, 4 have 4, 13 have 3, 7 have 2, 13 have 1, 11 have 0. Of 24 _Alope_ ♂, 15 have 6 ocelli, 3 have 5, 4 have 1, 2 have 0. Of 25 _Alope_ ♀, 12 have 6, 1 has 4, 4 have 2, 4 have 1, 4 have 0. Therefore of _Nephele_ ♂, 71 per cent. have 6 ocelli, 4 per cent. have under 3; 1.4 per cent. have 0. Of _Nephele_ ♀, 11 per cent. have 6, 56 per cent. have under 3, 20 per cent. have 0. Of _Alope_ ♂, 62 per cent. have 6 ocelli, 25 per cent. under 3, 8 per cent. 0. Of _Alope_ ♀, 24 per cent. have 6, 48 per cent. have under 3, 16 per cent. have 0.