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a mile from the Land's End. He kept it alive until the 25th 

 inst., when he handed it over to me, and mentioned his having 

 noticed a larger insect of the same species flying at the other end 

 of the field ; but having no net he could not capture it. I took 

 the specimen home alive, and the following morning wrote to 

 Mr. Carrington, enclosing an insect I ah-ead}^ had in a Jamaican 

 collection, which resembled the one I had just received, asking 

 that he would have it named for me, and make the capture 

 public. Mr. Carrington being out of town, this communication 

 was answered by a letter from Mr. Jenner Weir, who has most 

 kindly supplied me with the information, and some interesting 

 notes of his own, recording the capture of the same species on two 

 occasions; once at Lindfield, and again at Keymer (Sussex). I 

 kept my specimen alive until the morning of October 1st, when 

 (as the weather continued too stormy to give any hope of cap- 

 turing the other insect, which I thought might be the female) 

 I opened the tin case in which it was confined, and to my surprise 

 the insect was quite lively and flew about the room. I then 

 killed it by means of my cyanide bottle, and obtained a sketch, 

 which I have sent to Mr. Weir, whom I now beg to thank for his 

 courtesy in interesting himself so much in this capture. Should 

 any of your readers pay a visit to this district I will be most 

 happy to show them the insect. — R, J. Anderson ; Eastern 

 Telegraph Co., Porthcurno, Penzance, October 6, 1885. 



[This communication of Mr. Anderson's is of great interest. 

 I have already heard of the capture of Anosia archippus this year 

 in the counties of Devon and Dorset; and I have hope that 

 possibly it may effect a permanent settlement in this country. I 

 have myself received the species from Moose Factory, in Hudson's 

 Bay, where the snow lies on the ground for eight months in the 

 year; and from Fiji, within the tropics. It would, therefore, 

 appear that our climate would not be too severe, if a suitable 

 plant could be found for the larvae to feed upon. With regard to 

 the proper name of the species, Mr. Moore, in his monograph of 

 the " Limnaina and Euplseina," Proc. Zool. Soc, 1883, p. 284, 

 describes it as Anosia plexippus ; Pap'dio plexippus, Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. ed., x., p. 471 (1758). — J. Jenner Weir.] 



Anosia plexippus, Linn., in Cornwall. — On September 17th 

 last, near the Lizard, Cornwall, my brother and myself started a large 

 butterfly, which we captured, and found, to our great surprise, 



