BUTTERFLIES HERRERA AND FIELD 483 



Length of forewing, 21-30 mm. (average, 26.1 mm.). 



Female genitalia as illustrated (fig. 84), with anterior lobe of inner 

 genital plate graduall}- produced ventrally. Ductus bursae with a 

 narrow ribbon-like plate on ventral surface opposite opening of ductus 

 seminalis and with a small triangular plate just anterior to this. The 

 genitalia of eight females were studied. 



Type locality: ''Aus Paraguan, vom Platastromc her." Probably 

 near Buenos Au-es, Argentina. In the latter part of the 18th centur}^ 

 the region including the Rio de la Plata was known for a time as Para- 

 guay and this included Buenos Aires. 



Additional type data: Originally described from the male sex, 

 the number of specimens not stated, sent to Hiibner by a Mr. Berg. 



Location of type: Believed to be in the Hiibner collection in the 

 Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. 



Method of identification : By means of the very excellent original 

 colored figure. 



Synonymical notes: 



Tatochila auiodice f. flava Hayward, 1949. Type locality, "La Rioja." De- 

 scribed from a single female specimen, the holotype, deposited in the Museo 

 Argentine de Ciencias Naturales de Buenos Aires. This name is listed as a 

 synonym since it represents an individual variant. 



Butler (1870) has misspelled this specific name as autodyce. 



Misidentifications: Kirby (1871) and others confused mercedis 

 Eschscholtz with autodice. Butler (1881) has confused polydice 

 Blanchard with autodice. Mabilde (1896) illustrates this species 

 under the name Flesperocharis marchalii Guerin. 



Distribution: Bolivia and southern Brazil south into the territory 

 of Rio Negro, Argentina. 



Bolivia: Department of Cochabdinba, Cochabjimba (March, August). Brazil: 

 State of Minas Gerais, Punta Grosa (this record seems doubtful) ; State of Rio 

 Grande do Sul, Pelotas (December). Paraguay: No specific locality. Uru- 

 guay: Department of Montevideo, Montevideo. AiiGENTiiNA: Province of Jujuy, 

 Jujuy (May); Province of Salta, Cafayate (March), Salta (March, July); Province 

 of T^icumdn, Tucumdn (January, April, June, October), San Genero (April, May), 

 Valle Tail (April), Quebrada Lulas (February); Province of La Rioja, La Rioja, 

 Valle Ana (April); Province of Cdrdoba, C6rdoba (February), Sauce (March), 

 Capilla del Monte (February); Province of Santa Fi, Hovencia (July), Albarellos, 

 Santa Felicia; Province of Entre Rios, Nunez; Province of Buenos Aires, Buenos 

 Aires (March, Deceml)er) ; Bahia Blanca (November), Diadema (OctoLer) ; 

 Neuqv^n Territory, Neuquen (November); Rio Negro Territory, Rio Negro (April), 

 Rfo Colorado. 



Food plants: Brassica oleracea L., Alysson maritimum L., Medicago 

 saliva L., Oestrum parqui L'Her., Lepidium ruderale L., Oestrum 

 pseudoquina Mar. 



Material studied: 51 males, 55 females. 



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