Genus Junonia 
(1) Junonia ccenia, Hubner, Plate XX, Fig. 7, ? ; Plate III, 
Figs. 29, 30, larva; Plate IV, Figs. 56, 57, 65-67, chrysalis (The 
Buckeye). 
Butterfly.— The figure in the plate is far better than any verbal 
description. On the under side the eye-like spots of the upper 
side are reproduced, but are much smaller, especially on the hind 
wings. There is much variety in the ground-color of the wings 
on the under side. Some specimens are reddish-gray, and some 
are quite heavily and solidly pinkish-red on the secondaries. 
Expanse, 2.00-2.25 inches. 
Egg. —The egg is dark green. 
Caterpillar. —The caterpillar is dark in color, longitudinally 
striped, and adorned with branching spines, two of which are on 
the head and pomt forward. 
Chrysalis. — The chrysalis is generally pale wood-brown, 
strongly arched on the dorsal and concave on the ventral side. 
It always hangs at less than a right angle to the surface from 
which it depends. 
This is a very common butterfly in the Southern States, 
ranging northward as far as New England, westward to the 
Pacific, and southward to Colombia. The caterpillar feeds on 
various species of plantain (Plantago), also Gerardia and Antir¬ 
rhinum. When I was a lad in western North Carolina these 
insects fairly swarmed one summer; thousands of the caterpil¬ 
lars could be found in worn-out fields, feeding on the narrow¬ 
leaved plantain, and every fence-rail had one or more of their 
chrysalids hanging from the under side. I have never seen such 
multitudes of this species since then. The butterflies are quite 
pugnacious, and will fight with other passing butterflies, dashing 
forth upon them, and chasing them away. 
(2) Junonia lavinia, Cramer, Plate XX, Fig. 8, £ (Lavinia). 
Butterfly.— This species may be distinguished by the more 
rounded apex and the more deeply excavated outer margin of the 
fore wings, and also by the decided elongation of the outer margin 
of the hind wings at the end of the submedian vein. The wings 
are paler on the upper side than in the preceding species, and the 
eye-like spots much smaller. Expanse, 2.00 inches. 
The early stages are not accurately known. The insect is 
common in the Antilles and South America, but is only now and 
then taken in the extreme southern parts of Texas. 
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