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PAINTED LADY. 



PI,ATE XXXIV. 



Cynthia cardui, 

 (( t( 



Vanessa cardui, 



Lihythea cardui, 

 Papilio cardui. 



KiRBY. Stephkns. 

 Duncan. Westwood. 



GODART. LaTREILLE. 



Meyer. Hurner. 



Lamarck. 



LiNN^us. Fabricios. Haworth. 



Lewin. Donovan. Shaw. 



Panzer. Wilkes. Ai.bin. 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, New 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 at Nafferton, also at 

 Nunburnholme; near Falmouth in was plentiful in the year 1849, but 

 scarce in 1850 and 1851 : it has also been taken at Looe, and occurs 

 in the Isle of Wight. In 1850 not one was noticed by E. B. Postans, 

 Esq., near Stoke-by-Nayland, while in 1851 it was to be seen in 

 extreme abundance there. In the same year it was cajitured near 

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

 Cambridgeshire, as Mr. Robert Marris has informed me. Also near 

 Brighton. In Wales at Llandudno. 



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, July, 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 of Switzerland in such 



