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HTML
<ol>
<li>stuff</li>
<li>stuff</li>
<li>stuff</li>
<li>stuff</li>
<li>stuff</li>
<li class="test_class">stuff</li>
<li>stuff</li>
<li>stuff</li>
<li>stuff</li>
</ol>
JavaScript
$(function(){
$('li:nth-child(3n)').not('.test_class').css('color', 'red');
});