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Genus VII. DORITIS Hiibn. 



Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. 89. (1816). 

 Fab. Syst. Gloss.? (ined.) 



Thais Latr. God'. Sfc. 



Head small, clothed with long hairs. 



Eyes oval, rather prominent. 



Maxillae of moderate length. 



Labial Palpi projecting beyond the forehead, clothed with long hair and scales, indistinctly 

 triarticulate, the articulations nearly equal, the third being shortest. 



Antenna? short, with an elongate arched club. 

 Thorax stout, very hairy. 



Anterior Wings triangular, with the apex and outer margin rounded, wrinkled transversely between 

 the nervules, sub-diaphanous, especially in the males. First subcostal nervule thrown off beyond 

 the middle, second just before the end of the cell, third at about one-third the distance between 

 the origin of the second and the outer margin, fourth at very little distance from the third. 

 Upper disco-cellular nervule very short. 



Posterior Wings elongate, ovate, wrinkled between the nervules, the inner margin much excised 

 without any abdominal fold in the males. Precostal nervure not branched. 



Legs short, the thighs stout, covered with long hair. Tibia? very short, the anterior with a strong 

 compressed spur about the middle, all with numerous stout spines at the apex, of which two on 

 the posterior tibiae are elongate. Tarsi about twice as long as the tibia? ; first joint nearly equal 

 to all the rest ; second, third, and fourth progressively shorter ; fifth about equal to the second, 

 spiny. Claws simple, the inner long, outer short, received into a deep groove in the side of the 

 inner claw. 

 Abdomen stout, hairy. 



Larva cylindrical, clothed with short hairs, head small. 

 Pupa contracted, the head square. 



The general characters of this genus are very nearly the same as those of Thais, but it may easily be known by its 

 shorter, and less distinctly triarticulate palpi. From Parnassius it may at once be known by the difference in the 

 neuration of the wings, the absence of the corneous pouch in the females, and by its arched antennas. 



The Larva of the only known species is stated by Kinderman closely to resemble that of Parnassius ; it is cylindrical, 

 clothed with short hairs, black, with two rows of red spots on each side, between which on the middle segments are a 



