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to be a specimen of Anosia plexippus {Danais archippus), 

 in fine condition, and measuring four inches and a quarter in 

 expanse of wing ; and on the 24th we captured two others, both 

 in the same fine condition and apparently freshly emerged, 

 about a mile from the place where we had taken the first. These 

 latter measured four inches and five- sixteenths and four inches 

 respectively in expanse of wing. On the 29th I saw another 

 specimen, which I was unable to capture, as it flew over the cliff. 

 These insects were only seen by us on the very edge of the clifi's, 

 especially where valleys with small streams led down to the sea ; 

 and in one of these valleys, with a large patch of ivy in full bloom 

 on one of its slopes, we caught two specimens in one morning. — 

 Alfred H. Jenkin ; Trewirgie, Redruth, October 16, 1885. 



[Mr. J. Jenner Weir will have some remarks to make in the 

 next number of the 'Entomologist" upon the occurrence of this 

 species. — Ed.] 



Lycena argiades. Pall., in Somerset. — A few months ago a 

 gentleman living in this parish disposed of a small collection of 

 Lepidoptera to me, having ceased for some time past to collect. 

 The collection was fast going to ruin for want of attention, but I 

 selected all those which were worth preserving, cleaned and 

 "doctored" them, and placed the best and most uncommon 

 specimens in my cabinet. Among these I noticed two small blue 

 butterflies which somewhat resembled on the upper surface of the 

 wings the male of Lyccena icarus, with the exception of " a small, 

 slender, but quite distinct, black, white-fringed tail." I could not 

 quite make them out, and the tail puzzled me. On seeing the 

 woodcut of L. argiades in this month's 'Entomologist' I at once 

 recognised a strong likeness between it and my two specimens. 

 Comparing them together, and carefully examining the insects 

 with Kirby's description, I found that they were undoubtedly L. 

 argiades,— hoth male specimens, — and agreed in every detail with 

 the description. On talking over this discovery with my friend, 

 he told me he took them with several others, eleven years ago, not 

 two miles from this house, close by a small quarry. Thus L. 

 argiades would seem to be not quite new to the British fauna. 

 From its similarity both in colour in size to L. icarus it would be 

 impossible to distinguish them on the wing, or even while settled 

 on a flower ; and this may in some way account for its not having 

 come under notice before this. My authority for my specimens 



