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original description and colored figure show that it is an unnecessary name, 

 representing an individual variant in which the submarginal spots are absent on 

 both surfaces of both wings. 



Tatochila stigmadice f. cf punctata Jorgensen, 1916. This was described from 

 a number of specimens from various localities in the Provinces of Salta, Tucumdn, 

 and Catamarca, Argentina. Type in the collection of the Museo Argentino de 

 Ciencias Naturales of Buenos Aires. A study of a paratype in the collection of 

 the U. S. National Museum and of the carefully prepared original description 

 show this name to apply (indeed as described) to a fairly common individual 

 variant of the male sex in which there is a submarginal series of small spots on 

 the upper surfaces of the hindwings. The name is neither desirable nor necessary 

 and falls to stigmadice. 



Tatochila stigmadice ab. nigra Breyer, 1939. This w.as described from a single 

 specimen (sex not stated) taken in Tucumdn, Argentina. It is a large and dark 

 individual variant and does not need a name. The type is in the collection of 

 Alberto Breyer, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 



The name stigmadice has been misspelled as siiginadice by Giacomelli 

 (1916) and as stigamdice by Zischka (1947). 



MisiDENTiFiCATiONs: BcTg (1895) refers to a female of this species 

 as Tatochila xanthodice (Lucas). 



Distribution: Bolivia, from Department of Cochabamba and the 

 southern part of Department of La Paz, south into the Province of 

 C6rdoba, Argentina. 



Bolivia: Department of Cochabamba, Cochabamba (2,600 m., March); Depart- 

 ment of La Paz, Sicasica (October). Argentina: Province of Juyjuy, Juyjuy; 

 Province of Salta, Salta (December) ; Province of Catamarca, Las Faldas, Esquina 

 Grande (April, November, December), El Suncho (May), El Candado (February); 

 Province of TucumAn, Siamb6n (March, May, October), Villa Nougues (Novem- 

 ber), Tafi (February), Tucumdn; Province of La Rioja, La Rioja; Province of 

 Cdrdoba, Rearte (April). 



Material studied: 29 males, 17 females. 



Group E. The Xanthodice Group 



In this group the aedeagus is gradually arched and deeply incised 

 at the distal end both dorsally and ventrally, forming large lateral 

 lobes, at least one of which forms a point at the apex. The aedeagus 

 here is thus similar to the aedeagi found in the genera Hypsochila, 

 Phulia, and Piercolias. 



Wings above like Groups C and D. Hindwing below with a yellow 

 ground color; without a series of sagittate markings and sometimes 

 with irregular orange spots replacing this series. The white spot 

 sometimes found on the lower discocellular vein is lacking in this 

 group. 



This group contains two species. 



