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PAINTED LADY 



PLATE XXXIV 



Cynthia carclwi. Kirby. Stephens. 



" " Duncan. Westwood. 



Vaneffsa cai'dui, Godart. Latreille. 



" " Meyer. Hubnee. 



Zibyf/iea cardui, Lamarck. 



Tapilio cardui, Linn.^us. Fabriciits. Haworth. 



" " Lewin. Donovan. Siiaw. 



" " Panzer. "Wilkes. Albin. Harris. 



This is, I believe, one of the most universally-distributed 

 species of Butterfly in the world, being found in every quarter 

 of the globe, and in every, or almost every country, both the 

 hottest and the coldest; in Europe and North and South America, 

 Xew South Wales and Java, North and South Africa. It is, 

 however, very uncertain in its appearance, at least in any numbers. 



In Yorkshire I have taken it not unfrequently : near Falmouth 

 it was plentiful in the year 1849, but scarce in 1850 and 1851; 

 in 1850 not one was seen by R. B. Postans, Esq. near Stoke- 

 by-Nayland, while in 1851 it was to be seen in extreme abun- 

 dance there. In the same year it was captured near Hunstanton, 

 Lynn, and other places in the county of Norfolk, and in 

 Cambridgeshire, as Mr. Robert Marris has informed me. 



In Ireland it is abundant near Ardrahan, in the county of 

 Galway; so A. G. More, Esq., of Trinity College, Cambridge, 

 has written me word. 



The perfect insect is found in June, and also at the end of 

 August and beginning of September — a second brood. It occurs 

 in some years in great plenty, and in others is but rarely 

 seen. In the year 1828 an immense swarm passed over part 



