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DUKE OF BURGUNDY FRITILI.ARY. 



Nemeobius Lvcina. 



PLATE. XII. Fig. 1. 



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



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



Hamearis Lucina, H'ubner. — Curtis, B. E. vii. 316 — *^€« 

 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 vs^e?, a grove, and /S<o?, 

 life), is further characterised by having the club of 

 the antennae rather large and abruptly formed ; palpi 

 very short and horizontal, the second joint much the 

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

 oval. The anterior wings are nearly trigonate, and 

 the inferior rounded ; the posterior tibise without 

 ppurs, 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- 



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