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Genus V. CLOTHILDA Blanchard. 

 Blanchard, Hist. Nat. des An. Art. in. 440. (1840). 



Argynnis God'. fyc. 

 Anicia Hiibn. 



Head not so broad as the thorax. 



Eyes nearly round, not remarkably prominent. 



Maxilla,' longer than the thorax. 



Labial Palpi rising considerably above the forehead, scaly ; the first and second joints densely 

 clothed in front with long hairs. First joint stout, short, curved ; second joint stout, 

 subcylindric, curved, three times as long as the first ; third very slender, almost acicular, rather 

 longer than the first. 



Antennce scarcely two thirds the length of the body, rather stout, terminating in a slightly 

 elongate obtuse club. 

 Thorax rather stout ; the prothorax distinct. 



Anterior Wings subtriangular ; the anterior margin much curved ; the outer margin slightly 

 emarginate, about two thirds the length of the anterior ; inner margin nearly straight, rather 

 longer than the outer. Costal nervure rather remote from the subcostal, not extending beyond 

 the middle of the wing. First subcostal nervule thrown off before the end of the cell ; the 

 second also before, but close to the end of, the cell ; third rather more remote from the second 

 than that is from the first, extending nearly to the apex ; fourth as far distant from the third 

 as that is from the first. Upper disco-cellular very short ; middle directed obliquely inwards ; 

 lower much longer, curved, united to the third median nervule at a point where this is bent at a 

 considerable angle. Internal nervule wanting. 



Posterior Wings obovate ; the outer margin slightly sinuate, or sinuate-dentate. Precostal nervure 

 bifid. Costal nervure bifid; the outer branch longer than the inner. Subcostal nervure 

 separated from the costal, from the base of the wing, but lying closely parallel to it as far as the 

 origin of the precostal. Discoidal nervure united to the second subcostal nervule, at some 

 distance from its origin, by a distinct upper disco-cellular nervule ; and to the third median 

 nervule, close to its origin, by a lower disco-cellular, Avhich is longer than the upper one. Third 

 median nervule much curved. Abdominal fold ample. 



Anterior Legs of the male clothed with scales, and slightly fringed with long hairs. Femur and 

 tibia about equal in length. Tarsus shorter than the tibia, slender, nearly cylindric, slightly 



