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studied and found to agree with the original illustration and description of 

 flammivolans. This material is typical theodice. 



Tatochila theodice flammivolans form antiquincunx Bryk, 1944. Type locality 

 as given under flammivolans. Described from a single male, the holotype. Type 

 in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. This is merely an individual variant, 



MisiDENTiFiCATiONs: Mabille (1888) figures this species under the 

 name Pieris xanthodice Lucas. Forster hsts this species under the 

 name Tatochila theodice autodice. (Boisduval), an obvious mistake for 

 Tatochila theodice theodice. 



Distribution: In Chile from the Province of Aconcagua south at 

 least through the Province of Malleco. In Argentina in the western 

 portions of the Province of Neuquen and the Territory of Rio Negro. 



Chile: Province oj Aconcagua,, Los Andes (April); Province of Valparaiso, 

 Valparaiso; Province of Santiago, Penalolen (March), Cumbre, Santiago (January), 

 El Manzano (December), Macul (February), El Canelo (February, October), 

 Lo Valdes Cordillera (March) ; Province of Talca, Los Nieves (November) ; 

 Province of Chilian, El Roble (January) ; Province of Malleco, Victoria. 

 Argentina: Province of Neuquen, Parque Nacional de Lanin, Lago Hermosa 

 (November), Villa Angostura (December), Pucard (December), Hua Hun 

 (December) ; Territory of Rio Negro, El Tronador (February) . 



Material studied: 22 males, 10 females. 



Tatochila theodice gytnnodice Staudinger 



Pieris theodice Boisduval, Mabille, nee Boisduval, Mission Scientifique du Cap 

 Horn, 1832-1883, vol. 6, Zoologie, Insectes, p. 7, pi. 1, fig. 1 (sic fig. 2), 1888. 



Tatochila theodice gymnodice Staudinger, Lepidopteren, in Ergebnisse der Ham- 

 burger Magalhaensischa Sammelroise, vol. 2, art. 6, p. 13, 1898. — Rober, in 

 Seitz, Die Gross-Schmettsrlinge dar Erde, vol. 5, p. 56, May 25, 1908. — ■ 

 Giacomelli, Anal. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires, vol. 26, pp. 406, 412, 

 413, Mar. 10, 1915; Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat., vol. 20, p. 56, June 30, 1916.— 

 Jorgensen, Anal. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires, vol. 28, p. 456, Nov. 

 10, 1916.— Giacomelli, Physis, vol. 3, p. 375, 1917.— Talbot, in Strand, 

 Lepidopterorum catalogus, pars 53, Pic^ridae I, p. 58, Oct. 24, 1932. — Ureta, 

 Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat., vol. 41 (for 1937), pp. 270-272, pi. 12, fig. 6, 1938, 

 Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat., vol. 16, p. 123, 1938. 



Tatochila demodice argyrodice Staudingar, Elwes nee Staudinger (a misidentifica- 

 tion). Trans. Ent. Soc. London (1903), pp. 292, 293, pi. 12, figs. 9, 10, October 

 1903. 



Tatochila theodice gymmodice Staudinger, Giacomelli nee Staudinger (a misspelling), 

 Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat., vol. 20, p. 44, June 30, 1916. 



Tatochila theodice f. gym.nodice Staudinger, Hayward, Act. Zool. Lilloana Inst. 

 "Miguel Lillo," vol. 9, p. 92, Oct. 25, 1951. 



Veins and legs show no suhspecific characters. 



Male: Plate 2, figure 5. Head as in typical theodice. Wings 

 similar to typical theodice, smaller with black bar at end of cell on 

 iipperside of forewing considerably narrower and with orange-yellow 

 markings below considerably paler. 



Length of forewing, 23-24 mm. (average, 23.5 mm.). 



