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Genus Lycoeides 
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ARG.C 
Fig. 1. Evolution and Speciation of Uncus in Lyoeides 
(All the figures are X. 33) 
F — length of forearm of falx. 
H — length of humerulus of falx. 
U — length of uncus lobe, equal to distance between apex of falx and apex: 
of shoulder. 
FHU — triangle for measuring relative dimensions of parts. 
X — hypothetical ancestor; FHU = 0.25 -(- 0.22 -f- 0.22 = 0.69 mm. 
AGN — agnata agnata Staudinger, prep. 193, “Maralbaschi [Maralbashi, W» 
Sinkiang, Central Asia]” ex coll . Weeks, M.C.Z.; FHU = 0.33 -f- 
0.26 + 0.30 = 0.89 mm. 
ARG.A — argyrognomon Bergstrasser ssp. ( ssp . anna Edw. prox.), prep. 348 y 
“Brewster, Washington [N. America], 18-VII-1940” coll. Stallings- 
Turner; FHU = 0.36 + 0.33 -J- 0.27 = 0.96 mm. 
ARG.B — argyrognomon bellieri Oberthuz, prep. 189, “Corsica [S. Europe]” 
ex coll. Weeks, M.C.Z.; FHU = 0.33 + 0.30 + 0.25 = 0.88 mm. 
ARG.C — argyrognomon Bengstr. ssp. (ssp. opulenta Verity prox.), prep. 211, 
“Alto Adigo [N. Italy] 3-VII-1930,” ex coll. Weeks, M.C.Z.; 
FHU U 0.39 + 0.40 + 0.27 = 1.06 mm. 
SCU — scudderi scudderi Edwards, prep. 168, neotype, “Saskatchewan [N. 
America] [ leg .] Kennicott,” M.C.Z.; FHU = 0.45 + 0.34 -f- 0.34 = 
1.13 mm. 
SUB — subsolanus Bremer ssp., prep. 242, “Korea [E. Asia], 27-VII-1933, leg. 
Suk ,” M.C.Z.; FHU = 0.44 + 0.39 + 0.39 = 1.22 mm. 
MEL — melissa samuelis Nabokov, prep. 338, holotype, “[Albany, New York] 
Orig. PI. 6, fig. 6, Butt. N. Engl. Cab. S.H. Scudder,” M.C.Z.; 
FHU = 0.57 + 0.35 + 0.44 = 1.36 mm. 
ISM — ismenias calabricola Verity, prep. 152, “San Fili (Cosenza), Calabria 
[Italy] 17-VI-1920 [leg. fam.] Querci,” ex coll. Weeks, M.C.Z.; 
FHU - 0.74 + 0.56 + 0.49 = 1.79 mm. 
