A RARE BUTTERFLY.
To thb Editok op THB;!«Eyj!in3|G mJL'j Sib— About, this .time.Vfour years ago I wrote you'an accbunfc of the app^ance of a large and new butterfly, said to be Danais Archippus,a.ji&tivo of South AjneriOav <Hdiv ■it could have got here' ls J &' m^eY^fHs! widely spread over this island, having been' aeea and, taken not oulyfipithe .Pjwjinftejbf Nelson, but on the West Coast and other! parts widely separated by distance. Afterfour years it again makes its appearance in 1 large numbers. The first specimen! ifsaw ob the 29th of October, and' have s&iTmany: since, and I think they will lasftill January] Though not a very gaily coloured insect ii will well repay inspection, the marking* and shadings being very beautiful when closely observed. It has a very graceful jas Wil /as strong flight; poising its wings.it ascepda.or descends with scarcely an effort, wheeling iii circles resembling the flight of a.Vwallow or hawk. Erom its reappearance in s'uclTpro. fusion we can only conclude that4fc ; nas-bbi tamed same plant suitable tarits 'ecbtibuiy' and thafc ifc is now established here, and henceforward may be regarded aaia^natuW hzed New Zealand Insect. rauv&£VT i • -'• Tubs. J. B^Oxlfef? !
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 278, 30 November 1878, Page 2
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193A RARE BUTTERFLY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 278, 30 November 1878, Page 2
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