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MisiDENTiFi cation: Staudingei (1899) describes this subspecies 

 from material collected at Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, mistakerdy 

 calling it microdice. 



Distribution: As indicated above, this subspecies is known only 

 from the extreme southern part of the island of Tierra del Fuego. 



Material studied: 5 males, 3 females. 



Tatochila microdice macrodice Staudinger 



Pieris xanthodice Lucas, Hopffer nee Lucas (a misidentification), Stettiner Ent. 

 Zeit., vol. 4, p. 83, March 1879. — Weymer and Maassen nee Lucas (mis- 

 identification), W. Reiss und A. Stiibel Reisen in Siid-Amerika, Lepi- 

 dopteren . . ., pp. 36, 43, 48, 71, 1890.— Staudinger, Ent. Zeitschr. "Iris," 

 Dresden, vol. 5, pt. 2, p. 273, December 1892. 



Pieris microdice Blanchard, Weymer and Maassen nee Blanchard (a misidentifica- 

 tion), W. Reiss und A. Stiibel Reisen in SQd-Amerika, Lepidopteren . . ., 

 p. 97, 1890.— Staudinger, Ent. Zeitschr. "Iris," Dresden, vol. 7, pp. 61, 62, 

 July 14, 1894. 



Tatochila microdice macrodice Staudinger, Lepidopteren, in Hamburger Magal- 

 haensische Sammelreise, vol. 2, art. 6, pp. 21-23, 1898. — Rober, in Seitz, 

 Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, vol. 5, p. 56, pi. 18, figs. C5, C6, Dl, 

 May 25, 1908. — Paravicini, Mitt. Schweizerschen Ent. Ges., vol. 12, p. 22, 

 May 1910. — Talbot, in Strand, Lepidopterorum catalogus, pars 53, Pieridae 

 I, p. 58, Oct. 24, 1932.— Ureta, Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat., vol. 23, pp. 52, 

 54, pi. 1, fig. 3, 1947.— Hayward, Act. Zool. Lilloana Inst. "Miguel Lillo," 

 vol. 9, p. 93, Oct. 25, 1951.— Zischka, Fol. Univ., Univ. Cochabamba, 

 Bolivia, vol. 5, p. 18, October 1951. 



Tatochila macrodice Staudinger, Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 45, p. 628, July 

 22, 1913. — Giacomelli, Anal. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires, vol. 26, 

 pp. 406, 408, 409, 412, 413, Mar. 10, 1915; Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat., vol. 20, 

 pp. 53, 54, 57, pi. 2, figs. 3, 4, June 30, 1916. — Jorgensen, Anal. Mus. Nac. 

 Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires, vol. 28, pp. 443, 449-451, Nov. 10, 1916.— Giaco- 

 melli, Physis, vol. 3, pp. 373-374, 1917. — Rober, in Seitz, Die Gross-Schmet- 

 terlinge der Erde, vol. 5, p. 1015, Jan. 21, 1924. — Breyer, Verhandlungen VII 

 Internationalen Kongress fiir Entomologie, vol. 1 (for 1938), p. 29, February 

 1939.— Forster, Veroflfentl. Zool. Staatss. Munchen, vol. 3, p. 134, Dec. 1, 

 1955. 



Tatochila microdice Blanchard, Kohler nee Blanchard (a misidentification) 

 Zeitschr. Wiss. InsektenbioL, vol. 18, Sonderbeilage, p. 14, Dec. 15, 1923. — 

 Forster, VeroflFent. Zool. Staatss. Munchen, vol. 3, p. 134, Dec. 1, 1955. 



Synchl6e macrodice (Staudinger), Zischka, Fol. Univ., Univ. Cochabamba, 

 Bolivia, vol. 1, p. 28, December 1947. 



Length of forewing, 21-27 mm. (average, 25 mm.). 



Type locality and additional type data: Described from about 

 50 males and 20 females (presumably all cotypes) from "Huallatani," 

 Department of Cochabamba, from near "La Paz," and from "Illi- 

 mani," Department of La Paz, Bolivia. Two male cotypes from 

 near "La Paz" were sent to us for study. Of these, the one from 

 Achacachi, La Paz, Bolivia, collected on Sept. 18, 1893, by Garlepp, 

 is hereby designated the lectotype. 



