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Below it differs from both of these subspecies in the greater amount 

 of dark scaling along the veins with the resulting stripes twice the 

 width they are in the other subspecies. 



Length of forewing, 21-26 mm. (average, 24.1 mm.). 



Male genitalia not illustrated and not different from the other two 

 subspecies. Two males were dissected and studied. 



Female: Plate 2, figm-e 6a. Head as in the male. Wings above 

 as in gymnodice but even more heavily suffused with fuscous. Under- 

 surfaces as in the male with a greater amount of dark scaling along 

 the veins. 



Length of forewing, 22-26 mm. (average, 23.4 mm.). 



Female genitalia not illustrated and not different from the other 

 subspecies. One female dissected and studied. 



Type locality: Puerto Harberton, Territory of Tierra del Fuego, 

 Argentina. 



Additional type data: Described from the holotype, male (locality 

 as given above, Dec. 1, 1948, Oh-og and Budin); allotype, female 

 (same data, 9 genitalia preparation, W. D. F.-J. H. No. 399). 

 Paratypes: 499, same data; 1 cf, same locality and collectors, Dec. 

 18, 1948; 2 cTcf, same locality and collectors, Nov. 26, 1948; 1 9, 

 Ushuaia, Territory of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Dec. 12, 1948, 

 Olrog and Bodin) ; and 1 cf, Rio Douglas, Isla Navarino, Department 

 of Tierra del Fuego, Province of Magallanes, Chile, Dec. 28, 1948, 

 Olrog and Bodin. 



Location of types: Holotype, allotype, four male and five female 

 paratypes in Fundacion Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucu- 

 mdn, Tucumdn, Argentina. One pair of paratypes in U. S. National 

 Museum. 



Distribution: Extreme southern part of the island of Tierra del 

 Fuego and on the island of Navarino. Specific records as given under 

 additional type data above. 



Material studied: 6 males, 6 females. 



Group B. The Autodicb Group 



In this group the aedeagus is sinuous and is incised at the distal 

 end on its left side, with an upwardly directed rounded lobe below 

 the incision on this side and two distal teeth dorsad of this incision. 



Hindwings above with marginal wedge-shaped markings absent or, 

 if present, divided by the white veins and with submarginal series of 

 sagittate markings present or absent. Hindwing below with ground 

 color yellow or white suffused with yellow; with a submarginal series 

 of sagittate markings; without orange streaks in middle of interspaces; 

 possessing a white spot over the lower discocellular vein and adjacent 

 area. This is the only group possessing an oval or irregularly shaped 



