642 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX 



Genus— JUNONIA. 



A. Colour upperside : dark sepia-brown with darker 



markings, without distinct ocelli of any sort. 



Exp. 2-25" .. iphita. 



B, Colour upperside : olive-brown with ocelli. Exp. 



2'25"— 2-5" ,, lemonias. 



G. Colour upperside : grey with narrow black bands 

 and orange and black ocelli on the outer area. 

 Exp. 2-35"— 2-75" atlites. 



D. Colour upperside : velvety-black and blue and 



apical ochreous patch. Exp. 2"2" — 2-5" ..*»..... orithya. 



E. Colour upperside : bright yellow, apex of forewing 



jet-black as well as inner margin ; base of hind- 

 wing with blue patch. Exp. 2*25" hierta. 



F. Colour upperside : tawny with large ocelli on both 



wings. Exp. 2'i"— 2-4" almana. 



The Junonias are about the commonest of all our butterflies and are 

 found everywhere in the plains and hills. The two first species are 

 perhaps more plentiful in the hills than elsewhere. The larvse and 

 pupse are all very similar to each other and the former all feed upon 

 plants of the family Acanthacem. 



Genus— VANESSA. 



A. Hindwing upperside ; with terminal half more or 



less ochraceous or orange-yellow. Exp. .2*2" — 



2-75" cardui. 



B. Hindwing upperside : with terminal margin only 



and a postdiscal band confluent with it orange- 

 yellow. Exp. 2-3"— 2-75" indica. 



V. cardui is the Painted Lady of England and is spread through- 

 out the old world. A. indica is the eastern representative of the 

 English Red Admiral : it is generally confined to the hills though 

 sporadically occurring in the plain country. The larvae and pupae 

 of the two species are very similar ; the larva of the first species 

 feeding on many things, as for example, thistles and Zornia diphylla, 

 Pers., a small legumionoseous weed growing plentifully near the sea- 

 shore in Bombay. 



Genus— HYPOLIMNAS. 



A. Upperside black, fore and hindwing with a post 

 discal series of white spots always present. Exp. 

 male : .3"— 4", female : 3-5"— 4-5" '. bolina. 



