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This species agrees with robertae and differs from the other species 

 of the splendens complex in that the basal part of the ocellate spots of 

 the forewing form a sinuous line; in that the fringe of the forewing is 

 uniformly dark; in that the clasper of the left valve of the male 

 genitalia is long, exceeding the apex of the valve; and in that the 

 sclerotized groove of the ductus bursae and the origin of the ductus 

 seminalis of the female genitalia are located on the right side. E. 

 paraguayensis (Draudt) differs from robertae as follows: hindwing of 

 male white with a yellowish orange marginal band; oblique subtermi- 

 nal bar of forewing not obsolescent in median area on either surface of 

 the wing; and clasper of right valve (fig. 34) not reduced, exceeding 

 apex of valve. Length of forewing: male, 12.5 mm.; female, 13 to 

 15 mm. 



Type: A type specimen has not been designated for this species. 

 The treatments by Strand and Draudt were based on the description 

 of specimens studied and referred to "Ab. 1" of Eugraphia splendens 

 by Hampson. Hampson did not state how many specimens were 

 examined, but the descriptive paragraph indicates both sexes and at 

 least two females were present. Three specimens, one male and two 

 females, from Sapucay, Paraguay are in the British Museum (Natural 

 History). These are, without doubt, the series studied by Hampson. 

 I hereby select the male of that series as the lectotype of the species. 



Distribution: This species is recorded from Paraguay southeast 

 through Misiones, Argentma mto southern Brazil and northwestern 

 Uruguay. I have examined only four specimens from the following 

 localities — Paraguay: Sapucay. Argentina: Misiones. Brazil: Gua- 

 rani, Rio Grande do Sul. Biezanko, Ruffinelli, and Carbonell record 

 the species from Artigas, Uruguay. 



Remarks: Hampson recognized that examples of this species 

 were different from those of splendens, but he treated them as an 

 unnamed aberration of that species. Subsequently Strand proposed a 

 name, but continued to consider it to be an aberration of splendens. 

 According to Articles 1 and 45 (c) of the International Code of 

 Zoological Nomenclature, 1961, this infrasubspecific usage is to be 

 excluded from the species-group names and is not available from that 

 date. Draudt then treated the name as a form of splendens. On 

 this point. Article 45 (e) (i) states, "Before 1961, the use of either of 

 the terms "variety" or "form" is not to be inteipreted as an express 

 statement of either subspecific or infrasubspecific rank." I accept 

 Draudt's usage of "form" in this genus to be equivalent of subspecific 

 rank and in accordance with Article 10 (b) cite him as author of the 

 name and consider it available as of that date. 



Method of determination: A photograph of a male specimen that 

 agrees with the origmal description was compared with the specimen 



