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200 miles from the nearest land; and Danais chrysippus has been seen by 

 Mr. Walker, strong on the wing, 700 miles from the nearest land, the coast 

 of Africa. Mr. Jones records the arrival of a vast swarm of the small and 

 and feeble Terias lisa at Bermuda, which had evidently crossed more than 

 650 miles of stormy ocean, from the American coast ; and a swarm of Deio- 

 peia pulchella has been observed in Mid Atlantic, 960 miles from the Cape 

 Yerde Islands, the nearest land from which the moths could have come. 

 Many American birds, not so strong on the wing as Danais plexippus, find 

 their way from America to England, resting perhaps, crossing on one of 

 the numerous vessels crossing the Atlantic. 



Family APATURID-ffi, 



This family has been erected for the reception of a few genera, which have 

 been separated from the Nymphalidse, to some of which the perfect insects are 

 closely allied, by the peculiar shape of the caterpillar, which are without 

 spines and from their great resemblance to a slug are called Limaciform. 



It was an Indian species of this family of which Lord Byron sings : 



" As rising on its purple wing, 



The insect given of Eastern spring, 



O'er emerald meadows of Kashmere, 



Invites the young pursurer near, 



And leads him on from flower to flower 



A weary chase and wasted hour ; 



Then leaves him, as it soars on high, 



With panting heart and tearful eye." 



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" The lovely toy so fiercely sought 



Has lost its charm by being caught, 



For every touch that wooed its stay 



Has brushed its brightest hues away." 



These lines may recall to our minds other lines also by Byron : 



" Maid of Athens, ere we part, 

 Give, oh give, me back my heart." 



Moore, also, has introduced these insects amid the splendour of " The 

 Light of the Harem." 



" And they, before whose sleepy eyes, 



In their own bright Kathair bowers, 

 Sparkle such rainbow butterflies ; 



That they might fancy the rich flowers 

 That round them in the sun lay sighing, 

 Had been by magic all set flying." 



