200 ^^^ BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



joints are two lilies of bright yellow, the posterior slightly 

 double, the space between tlie yellow lines occupied by 

 two narrow black lines and one white line, all the light 

 lines between the thoracic joints being white. There are 

 seven rows of tubercles, from which arise branching spines, 

 the dorsal and lowest lateral tubercles white, the rest red- 

 dish brown. The spines are whitish yellow, the tips of 

 the branches black. Joints 3 and 4 have only four spines 

 each. The dorsum has a double, broken yellow line, the 

 dashes of which it is composed extending from the an- 

 terior transverse yellow line to the tubercle on the centre 

 of the joint. There is also a yellow dash in front of 

 each of the brown tubercles ; all the yellow being rather 

 dark. Below the stigmata, between the lower tubercles, 

 is a light lemon-yellow line. Stigmata black, with some 

 black spots over the body. Head black. 



This butterfly is distributed over the United States 

 generally, and is known by the common name of Thistle 

 Butterfly. It is double-brooded, and hibernates in the 

 butterfly state. The larvae feed on thistle, burdock, 

 sunflower, and hollyhock. 



QQ. JUNONIA CCENIA, Hub. 



Expanse of wings from 2 to 2.5 inches. 



Upper surface dark olive-brown, each wing witli two 

 eye-spots, a large and a small one, the large ones the 

 posterior of the fore wings and the anterior of the hind 

 wings, the small ones on the fore wings sometimes ob- 

 scure. There is an oblique whitish band beyond the 

 cell of the fore wings, the lower part expanding so as 

 more or less to enclose the eye-spot. There are t^vo 

 fulvous bars in the cell, and there is a little fulvous 



