176 MIGRATIONS OF PAPILIONACEOUS INSECTS. 
moth (Macroglossa stellatarwm) fly straight out to 
sea ; also, on two or three occasions, the Clouded 
Yellow Butterfly (Colias Edusa,) the Small Cop- 
per Butterfly (Lyecena Phleas,) and once, the 
Wall Butterfly (Hipparchia megera.) 1 have 
picked up, also, in the Isle of Jersey, amongst the 
vejectamenta of the sea, a drowned specimen of the 
large Rhinoceros Beetle (Simodendron cylindri- 
cum,) and I could here enumerate various other 
instances of insects being captured in the Channel ; 
but the species in which, of all others, I have most 
frequently observed this wandering propensity, is 
the beautiful Painted Lady Butterfly (Cynthia 
Cardui.) 
« There is not, perhaps, any lepidopterous insect 
whatever, the natural history of which would com- 
prise so many curious particulars as that of the 
interesting and elegant butterfly, Cynthia Cardui. 
All the insects, it will be observed, whose names 
are above mentioned, are known to possess a wide 
veographical range ; but the Painted Lady Butter- 
fly may be even said to be an inhabitant of the 
world at large. Myr Rennie informs me that he has 
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 
