' JUNONIA. 279 
" Middle and hind legs modoratoly stout ; femur of tlio former jjair longer than, of the latter 
pair equal to, the tibiit) ; tibijc subcyliiulric, with two intorno-lateral series of spines, nnd 
sometimes a few external spines ; armed at the apex with two stout spurs ; tarsi o(|ual to 
the tibia;, spiny laterally and below, except the fifth joint, which wants the lateral spines ; 
the spines below somewhat in two series ; the upper surface sometimes with one or two 
delicate spines or stiff hairs. First joint more th.in double the length of the second ; this 
mostly equal to, but sometimes shorter than, the fifth, always longer than the third ; fourth 
mostly shorter than the third. Claws curved, grooved below. Paronychia bilaciniate, 
outer laoinia broad at the base, then very slender, pointed ; equal, or nearly equal, in 
length to the claw, sometimes almost strap-shaped; inner lacinia short, subtriangular. 
Pulvillus shorter than the claw, two-jointod ; second joint broad. 
" Abdomex rather small, about two thirds the length of the inner margin of the wing. 
" Larva with the head and all the segments armed with spines. Pupa tuborculated, scarcely 
angular." {Doubkdai/, I. c.) 
Junonia orithyia. (Plate XXV. figs. 8-10.) 
Papilio oritfuja, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 473 (1758) ; Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. xix. 
figs. C, D, <i , pi. xxxii. figs. E, F, S (1775), iv. pi. ccxc. figs. A, B, ^ (1780). 
Cyntliia orithya, Donovan, Ins. China (new ed.), p. Q\, pi. xxsv. fig. 2, ? (1812). 
Junonia orithya, Iliibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. SJ- (1816) ; Butler, Cat. Fabr. Lep. 
B. M. p. 73 (18G9) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i. p. 41, pi. xxii. figs. 1 ( c? ). 1 « ( ? ), 1 6 
(larva & pupa) (1881). 
Junonia orithyia, Doubleday & Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep. i. p. 209 (1849) ; Horsfield 
& Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i. p. 141, pi. v. figs. 5 (larva), 5 a (pupa) (1857) ; 
de Niceville, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 73 (188G). 
" Male. Upperside : fore wing dark blue-black from base to the disc, outer area fuliginous black ; 
a purple-tinted ocbreous-white short oblique subapical band, and two transverse submarginal 
narrow lunular fascise; on the inner fascia are two small red-ringed ocelli, below which 
the posterior angle is tinged with blue ; costal edge ochreous white. Hind wing blue, 
suffused with purple ; a black basal angular patch curving across the cell towards the anal 
angle, and merging into brown on the abdominal margin ; two ocelli near the outer margin, 
the lower one red and ringed with black, the upper one almost black and blind ; two pale- 
bordered marginal Hues. Underside dull ochreous. Fore wing with three transverse basal 
ochreous-red bands bordered with black ; a discal sinuous black fascia and pale outer lunular 
fascia; : ocelli less distinct. Hind wing with narrow brown transverse sinuous lines and a 
brownish discal fascia ; ocelli very pale and indistinct. 
" Female differs on the upperside in having the basal half of the hind wing entirely black, buth 
the ocelli being large and of a bright red. 
" Larva dark purple-brown, each segment with short branched spines, two lateral rows of small 
yellow spots. Feeds on Acanthads. 
" Pupa ochreous, speckled and lined with dark brown." {Moore, Lep. Ceyl.) 
The above description of the imago of /. orithyia refers to the ordinary 
