STOLEN BUTTERFLIES.
Six specimens of an extinct butterfly known as “the Largo Copper” V v ®, keen missed from the museum at Charterhouse School, Godaiming, Surrey. There were seven specimens altogether, and they were enclosed in a case which was kent in a drawer. Six were taken and.'one left. The butterflies . were British specimens captured in the early part ,of last century. The collection was highly prized, and every effort is being made to trace the missing specimens. The largo copper butterfly is one of the collector’s greatest prizes if. a 6 in the case of tho Charterhouse collection, it is British born and bred. The British largo copper has peculiar markings as well as a peculiar gloss not found in foreign butterflies of tho same species. It has, therefore, been out in a class by itself. The thieves have a haul of much value, but it will bo difficult to sell the .specimens without detection as the numbers are so limited and tho collection is so well known.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2160, 8 April 1908, Page 2
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168STOLEN BUTTERFLIES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2160, 8 April 1908, Page 2
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