1? MIGRATIONS OF PAPILIONACEOUS INSECTS. 



moth (Macroglossa stettatarum) fly straight out to 

 sea ; also, on two or three occasions, the Clouded 

 Yellow Butterfly (Colias Edusa,) the Small Cop- 

 per Butterfly (Lycama Phlceas,) and once, the* 

 Wall Butterfly (Hipparchia megcera.*) I have* 

 picked up, also, in the Isle of Jersey, amongst thert 

 rejectamenta of the sea, a drowned specimen of thqj 

 large Rhinoceros Beetle (Sinodendron cylhidri- 

 cum,) and I could here enumerate various otheJ 

 instances of insects being captured in the Channel ; 

 but the species in which, of all others, I have most 

 frequently observed this wandering propensity, ia 

 the beautiful Painted Lady Butterfly (Cynlhi* 

 Cardui.) 



" There is not, perhaps, any lepidopterous inseci 

 whatever, the natural history of which would comJ 

 prise so many curious particulars as that of thd 

 interesting and elegant butterfly, Cynthia Cardun 

 All the insects, it will be observed, whose names 

 are above mentioned, are known to possess a wide 

 geographical range ; but the Painted Lady Butters 

 fly may be even said to be an inhabitant of the 

 world at large. Mr Rennie informs me that he haa 

 seen specimens from America, from the Caucasus, 

 and from China ; I have seen them from North 

 America : the species is said also to occur in Ota- 

 heite and Australia, and it is undoubtedly found 

 in Africa. Reports, however, of this kind must be 

 received with some degree of caution, as, without 



