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DUKE OF BURGUNDY FRITILLAR*. 



Nemeobius Lucina. 

 PLATE. XII. FIG. J. 



Pap. Lucina, Linn. Lewin, pi. 15 Donovan, vlii. 70. 



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



Hamearis Lucina, Hubner. Curtis^ B. JE. 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 vspog, a grove, and fito$, 

 lifo), 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 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- 



