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MisiDENTiFicATioNs: Blanchard (1852) confused this species with 

 T. autodice (Hiibner) and with T. theodice (Boisduval). Elwes (1903) 

 and others have identified this species with T. theodice. 



Distribution: Chile from the Province of Antofagasta south 

 through the Province of Cautin. 



Chile: Province of Antofagasta, Antofagasta; Province of Coquimbo, El Tofo; 

 Province of Valparaiso, Valparaiso; Province of Santiago, Pudahuel (October), 

 Macul (March), Penalolen (October, November), Lo Ovalle (Januarj-), Canelo 

 (October); Province of Talca, Los Nieves (November), San Crist6bal (January, 

 March); Province of Cautin, Temuco (February). 



Food plant: Tropaeolum. 



Material studied: 12 males, 13 females. 



Tatochila blnnchardii ernestae Herrera 



Pieris theodice Boisduval, Hopffer nee Boisduval (a misidentification), Stettiner 



Ent. Zeit., vol. 40, p. 83, March 1879. 

 Tatochila theodice (Boisduval), Dyar nee Boisduval (a misidentification), Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 45, p. 628, July 22, 1913. 

 Tatochila blanchardii ernestae Jierrera, Rey. Chilena Ent., vol. 3 (for 1953), pp. 



140-144, figs. 1-4, figs. A, B, 1954.— Forster, Veroffentl. Zool. Staatss. 



Mtinchen, vol. 3, p. 134, Dec. 1, 1955. 



Veins and legs show no subspecific characters and are not illustrated. 



Male: Plate 3, figure 10. Head very similar to T. blanchardii 

 hlanchardii with orange behind eyes slightly more extensive than in 

 that subspecies. Wings above with dark markings slightl}' more dis- 

 tinct than in typical hlanchardii. Differing chiefl}^ from that sub- 

 species in having the ground color of hindwing and of apex of forewing 

 on the underside darker ^^ellow with the costal margin and base of 

 hindwing distmctlj^ orange. Difi^ering also in having veins on hind- 

 wing below pale purplish gray edged in gray instead of the usual white 

 to gi^ay edged in black that is true of typical hlanchardii. 



Length of forewing, 25-29 mm. (average, 27 mm.). 



Male genitalia not illustrated, not difterent from typical hlanchardii. 

 The genitalia of five males were studied. 



Female: Plate 3, fig. 10a. Head as in the male. Wings above 

 usually with dark markings slightly more distinct than in typical 

 hlanchardii, otherwise very similar to hlanchardii on this surface. 

 Wings below with yellow ground color even darker than in the male, 

 tending toward orange, and with veins distinctly purplish gray in- 

 stead of the usual gray of typical hlanchardii. 



Length of forewing, 26-28 mm. (average, 27 mm.). 



Female genitalia not illustrated, not different from typical hlan- 

 chardii. The genitalia of five females were studied. 



Type locality: "Miiii-Miiii, 1,650 meters, Province Tarapacd/ 

 Chile. 



