Cynthia (sinthia)

[L. (sc. dea ), Diana (Artemis), the Cynthian (godde ), fem. of Cyn thius, adj. of Cynthus, IMG:content-1944.jpg:[graphic][merged small][merged small] 3. In zoöl.: (a) A genus of nymphalid butterflies, containing such as the painted-lady, C. cardui. Fabric i us, 1808. (b) A genus of simple se ile tun i caries, of the family Ascidiida, with coriaceous body-wall and four-lobed oral and atrial orifices. Savigny, 1827. (c) A genus of crustaceans. Thompson, 1829. (d) A genus of Coleoptera. Latreille, 1829. (e) A genus of Diptera. Desvoidy, 1863.