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emarginate to slightly convex; outer margin slightly sinuate to 

 evenly rounded, usually more rounded in the female. Secondaries 

 rounded, slightly lobed at anal angle. In all of the species the 

 wings of the females are longer and more rounded than those of 

 the males. Vein 5 of primaries arising very near to 4; 3 near 

 end of cell ; 2 about intermediate between 3 and base of wing ; 

 cell slightly over three-fifths as long as wing. Vein 7 of second- 

 aries slightly nearer to end of cell than to 8. ]\Iid tibiae spiny. 

 Male stigma slender, strong, extending from base of vein 3 to 

 basal third of vein 1 and made up of a long piece in front of 

 vein 2 and a shorter piece behind 2 which is set just outside of 

 the first but is continuous with it. Fig. 23. 



Key to the species 

 This key is not to be regarded as a means of ultimate identification; in 

 Pamphila no key can be suflSeient in itself, for many of our species and 

 forms intergrade to such an extent that only a practiced eye can even sort 

 them properly. The key to the forms of comma included here is based 

 on specimens in the Barnes collection which have been compared with the 

 types, and so may be relied on for typical specimens. It will not, how- 

 ever, suffice for the placing of the multitude of intermediate forms which 

 occur in large series. 



1. Under surface of secondaries with alternating greenish and fuscous 



areas ; veins white on disk uncus 



Under surface evenly colored ; veins not white 2 



2. Upper surface fuscous with reduced, poorly defined, pale spots; under 



surface of secondaries with a pale band metea 



Upper surface more or less fulvous or with well defined spots, or lower 

 surface with separate spots 3 



3. Under surface of secondaries with a pale ray in the cell morrisoni 



With or without a pale spot in cell 4 



4. Under surface of secondaries yellow to brown with an oblique band 

 of uniform, confluent white spots posterior to vein 6; sometimes with 



a single spot before this band columibia 



Spots making up band, when present, not confluent, unequal, irregular- 

 ly placed or with more than one spot before vein 6. Under surface 

 usually greenish in forms which are likely to confuse 5 



5. Under surface of secondaries with sharply defined white spots or yel- 

 lowish to greenish with the bent macular band traceable 6 



Under surface without sharply defined white spots; immaculate or with 

 traces of separate spots, usually poorly defined or not white 13 



6. Under surface of primaries fuscous; spots on secondaries small and 



rounded seminole 



Under surface of primaries with some fulvous or spots on secondaries 

 otherwise 7 



