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DUKE OF BURGUNDY FRITILLARtf. 



Nemeobius Lucina. 



PLATE. XII. Fig. I. 



Pap. Lucina, Linn Lewin, pi. 15 — Donovan, viii. 70. 



pi. 242. f. 2 — Duke of Burgundy Fritillary, Harris — 

 Hamearis Lucina, Hiibner. — Curds, B. E. vii. 316 Ne- 

 meobius Lucina, Stephens Horsf. 



This and several of the following genera may be 

 readily distinguished from any of the preceding, by hav- 

 ing the anterior legs more or less imperfect, being very 

 short, and destitute of tarsal joints, by which they 

 are rendered unfit for walking. In the present in- 

 stance, this imperfection is found only in the male, 

 the fore-leg of the female presenting the ordinary 

 structure. Nemeobius (from v.pos, a grove, and /3<o?, 

 life), is further characterised by having the club of 

 the antennas rather large and abruptly formed ; palpi 

 very short and horizontal, the second joint much the 

 longest, and the third, or terminal one, minute and 

 oval. The anterior wings are nearly trigonate, and 

 the inferior rounded ; the posterior tibiae without 

 spurs, and the claws simple. The species above re- 

 ferred to, is the only one known to inhabit Britain. 

 The expansion of the wings seldom much exceeds four- 



