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nearer to 4 than to 6 at base ; 2 always arising nearer to 3 than 

 to base of wing but variable ; discocellulars moderately oblique. 



Mid tibiae with promi- 

 nent spines. Stigma of 

 male in its most com- 

 plex form made up of 

 an outer oblique black 

 line, a black dash from 

 end of cell to vein 2 

 and a black spot above 

 the basal third of vein 

 1, the enclosed space 

 filled with gray scales, 

 and the entire stigma 

 followed by a patch of 

 raised gray scales. In 

 many of the species the 

 stigma is much sim- 

 pler. Fig. 25. 



I believe that the ac- 

 tion of Barnes and Mc- 

 Dunnough with refer- 

 ence to this group of 

 species ( Contributions 

 in, 130) is the best 

 possible treatment. It 

 may be possible to split 

 3ff Limochores but I 

 find such a complete 

 transition in the structures that I hesitate to do so. I place verna 

 here because its relation to manataaqua seems to me much closer 

 than with the species of Atrytonopsis, where Barnes and McDun- 

 nough place it, The gentitalia of the male are closer to deva, but 

 those of the two genera are of a very similar type. The apiculus 

 of the antennae is usually longer than in Polites, but I have found 

 it variable, and in some specimens fairly short. 

 Key to the species 



1. Under surface of secondaries immaculate or with a transverse band of 

 pale spots, never sharply bent opposite cell nor with spot at this point 



much the largest 2 



Secondaries otherwise below 7 



Fig. 25. Polites. Antenna] clubs : a. verna, b. man- 

 ataaqua f; , c. manataaqua Q. Palpi: d. verna, e. 

 verna. denuded, dorsal aspect, f. manataaqua, g. 

 brettus, denuded. Neuration and details: h. peekius A , 

 i. Posterior margin of cell of primaries of peekius , 

 j. Same, taumas ^ , k. Same, mystic Q, 1. Same, 

 sonora ^ , m. Same, manataaqua Q, n. Middle leg 

 of verna 



