NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. Vall 
ANOSIA PLEXIPPUS NEAR Swanace.—Early in September, 
while passing a cottage near Swanage, a woman gave my son a 
large foreign-looking butterfly, which she said her husband had 
caught in a clover-field hard by. I have since found that it is 
Anosia plexippus.—GrorGE C. Srenninec; The Parsonage, 
Beaulieu, Southampton. 
ANOSIA PLEXIPPUS IN BourNEMOUTH.—Lepidopterists will be 
interested to learn that a fine specimen of this butterfly has 
recently been caught in this town by T. Watts, Esq. (of Hilda, 
Bradbourne Road), who at my request has kindly furnished me 
with the following account of his capture :—“ Strolling along the 
Westover Road on the 30th of September I saw a large butterfly 
flying above the road. Watching it for a few minutes it came 
down and settled on a single dahlia, and leaning over the railings 
I caught it between my finger and thumb.” Great credit is due 
to Mr. Watts for the manner in which he managed, without any 
entomological appliances, to take and kill the insect without 
doing it the slightest injury. It is a magnificent male, measuring 
four and a half inches from tip to tip, and with the exception of 
a small chip on the hind margin of the right primary it is 
absolutely perfect, clearly indicating that it has been bred in the 
neighbourhood. Thanks to the generosity of the captor the 
specimen is now added to my collection, and I shall be pleased to 
show it to any entomologist who may happen at any time to visit 
Bournemouth. Mr. Jenner Weir, just ten years ago, in com- 
menting upon the occasional occurrence of plexippus (archippus) 
in this country, drew attention to the wide range of this Danaid 
in America, its native habitat, and expressed his belief that the 
species would probably become naturalised in this country, as it 
had been in Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. The 
well-authenticated records of captures since, afford ample 
confirmation of the correctness of this gentleman's view. If 
plexippus, with its capability of adaptation to varying climatic 
conditions and power of flight, enjoy in this country the same 
immunity from the attacks of insectivorous enemies, which Bates, 
Trimen, and other naturalists ascribe to the Danaide generally, 
its rapid propagation may be looked upon as a matter of certainty. 
Henceforth our list of the British Rhopalocera will be incomplete 
without the addition of the family “ Danaide.’—W. McRar; 
Bedford House, Bournemouth, October, 1886. 
