a country of Greece, between Phocis, Thessaly, and Acarnania. It received its name from Dorus the son of Deucalion, who made a settlement there. It was called Tetrapolis from the four cities of Pindus or Dryopis, Erinium, Cytinium, Borium, which it contained. To these four some add Lilaeum and Carphiia, and therefore call it Hexapolis. The name of Doris has been common to many parts of Greece. The Dorians in the age of Deucalion inhabited Phthiotis, which they exchanged for Histiotis, in the age of Dorus. From thence they were driven by the Cadmeans, and came to settle near the town of Pindus. From thence they passed into Dryopis, and afterwards into Peloponnesus. Hercules having re-established Ægimius king of Phthiotis or Doris, who had been driven from his country by the Lapiths, the grateful king appointed Hyllus the son of his patron to be his successor, and the Heraclidae marched from that part of the country to go to recover Peloponnesus. The Dorians sent many colonies into different places, which bore the same name as their native country. The most famous of these is in Asia Minor, of which Halicarnassus was once the capital. This part of Asia Minor was called Hexapolis, and afterwards Pentapolis.

genus of insects, belonging to the order of vespae teletaceae. The body is oblong, flat beneath; creeping; mouth placed below; vent behind surrounded with a fringe; two feelers, retractile. There are several species.—The argo, or lemon doris, has an oval body, convex, marked with numerous punctures, of a lemon colour, the vent beset with elegant ramifications. It inhabits different parts of our seas, called about Brighthelmstone the sea-lemon. See Plate CLXIV.