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have no doubt as to the genuine character of the communication 
thus adding another county—Kent—in which the species has 
been observed :—‘‘ My cousin, IF’. J. Hawes, was at school at 
Snodland, near Maidstone, in the month of September, 1881, 
and it was on the afternoon of Wednesday, 21st, while out with 
his schoolfellows, that he saw the specimen of Anosia plexippus 
I now have, flying heavily over a meadow near the school. After 
two or three attempts he succeeded in getting the insect under 
his hat, and also in transferring it to a box, and so to a drawer in 
his bedroom. Here it lay for more than three weeks; after 
which he doubled it over in a letter and forwarded it to me,— 
minus head, antenne, and left fore wing,—asking at the same 
time to be told the name. Of course it is owing to my cousin’s 
rough treatment that the butterfly is in such poor condition. It 
is, nevertheless, a rather large male example when compared with 
some which were exhibited on Thursday last at the South London 
Entomological Society's meeting. I need hardly add that as my 
cousin is not an entomologist there need be no doubt entertained 
of the truth of this story. I think it is an encouraging sign for 
the naturalisation of A. plexippus that it has now been taken and 
observed in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Sussex, and 
Kent,—comprising the whole of the counties on our south coast.” 
—J. JENNER Weir; Beckenham, Kent, December 8, 1885. 
Lyc&na ARGIOLUS IN THE Mipianps.—It seems strange that 
in this part of the country there should appear to be only one 
brood of this butterfly in the year. The earliest date on which I 
have known it to occur has been the 5th of April, though it 
usually does not appear until about the 20th of the same month. 
It is no longer to be seen after the first or second week in June. 
—W. Harcourr Batu; Birmingham, November, 1885. 
Conias EDUSA IN NorTH WarwIckKsHIRE.—On September 
20th last I captured a female specimen of this insect. Colias 
edusa is very scarce in these parts. ‘This is the only capture I 
have known since the “‘ edusa year” of 1877.—Ib. 
Dinminutive Diurni.—I have long since proved to satisfaction 
that butterflies and moths may be dwarfed by simply starving the 
caterpillars; and the progeny of Southern European parents I 
could show have proved dwarfs when reared in this country. 
Colias edusa, however, appears to vary remarkably in size in 
