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e. Ventral surface of ninth abdominal segment with a group of 

 hooked setae on each side of the meson. 



d. Thorax with the median line slightly elevated; raised lines 

 of the reticulations very prominent ; papillae short, cylin- 

 drical . Incisalia Minot. 



dd. Thorax with the median line never elevated ; raised lines 

 of reticulations not prominent ; papillae conical. 



Uranotes Scudder. 



cc. Ventral surface of ninth abdominal segment never with hooked 



setae on each side of the meson. 



d. Ventral surface of ninth abdominal segment with a group 



of straight cuticular appendages on each side of the meson ; 



setae on bod}' very dense and about one fourth the length 



of the abdominal segments ; papillae conical. 



Mitura Scudder. 

 dd. Ventral surface of ninth abdominal segment without cutic- 

 ular appendages of any kind; setae of body not dense, 

 but long, usually half the length of the segment ; papillae 



short, cylindrical Tliecla Fabricius. 



bb. Ventral surface of body with hooked setae caudad of the anal 

 opening ; papillae most numerous in the spiracular region ; 

 thorax and abdomen sparsely covered with short cuticular ap- 

 pendages with very minute spicules; exposed portion of max- 

 illae three fifths the length of the wings, 

 c. Papillae of the spiracular region confined to an area caudad 

 of the spiracle ; spiracle of the second abdominal segment not 



adjacent to the wing Cyaniris Dalman. 



cc. Papillae of the spiracular region surrounding the spiracle ; 

 spiracle of the second abdominal segment adjacent to the 

 wing, the distance between them less than the width of the 



spiracle > Rusticus Hiibner. 



aa. Exposed portion of the maxillae more than three fifths the length of 



the wings. 



b. Body of typical lyeaenid shape, never flattened at the caudal end ; 



cuticular appendages fungiform. 



c. Fungiform cuticular appendages small and inconspicuous, not 



visible with a low-power lens; color light yellowish brown, 



not spotted ChrysopJianus Hiibner. 



cc. Fungiform cuticular appendages large and conspicuous, easily 

 visible with a low-power lens; color dark brown with black 



spots Heodes Dalman. 



bb. Body with the caudal end flattened and curved slightly ventrad. 



Feniseca Grote. 

 The following species were examined : 

 Incisalia niphon Hiibner 

 Uranotes mclinus Hiibner 



