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prominent. Secondaries broadly rounded, slightly lobed at anal 

 angle. Cell of primaries well over one-half as long as wing ; vein 

 5 moderately curved in basal half, arising nearer to 4 than to 6 ; 

 2 nearer to 3 than to base of wing. Cell of secondaries less than 

 one-half as long as wing. Mid tibiae with a few long spines. 

 Fig 27. 



Hobomok, zabidon, taxiles, and melane were first placed in 

 Poanes by Barnes and McDunnough (Contributions in, 132, 

 1916). Although melane is rather anomalous, it apparently 

 belongs with the other species, whose relation to massasoit 

 through hobomok is obvious. Owing to the great range of varia- 

 tion thus introduced into the genus in the structure of the an- 

 tennae, palpi, and wings, I have added also viator, which differs 

 somewhat in wing form, and the species placed by recent writers 

 in Paratrytone. These last possess the stigma in the male but 

 it is so variable that I regard it as in the process of development. 

 In howardi, aaroni, and streckeri it is very slender, sometimes 

 scarcely visible but often well marked, and in yehl it is heavier 

 but very variable. In one of the types it is slender, while in the 

 other it is as heavy as in some specimens of conspicu-a. Includ- 

 ing all of these species Poanes becomes such a complex genus that 

 I have drawn up the following diagram to show the apparent 

 relations of the several groups: 



howardi 



\ 



aaroni 



\ 



yehl streckeri 



\ / 



\ »/ 



\ / 

 massasoit 



/ \ 



hobomok \ 



/ \ 



zabulon \ 



/ \ 



taxdes viator 



/ 

 melane 



