20 THE entobiologist's record. 



another, with dark margin and small submarginal spots (Watford, 

 July, 1895), £1 5s. ; another, with the left side ralesina, the right hind- 

 wing deficient in pigment, together with several examples with bleached 

 spots, £1 2s.; whilst a fine silvery-white AnlaU urticae (Dover, August 

 11th, 1874) produced £3 ; a fine form with the costal black blotches 

 broadly confluent and very dark hindwings (Bexley, 1909), £2 5s. ; 

 a similar one, but larger, and rayed with blue on the forewings (Bexley, 

 1907), £2 10s. ; a curious smoky aberration of Vanessa io without the 

 pigment (Sligo), £2 2s.; Pyrameis conhd, the white costal blotch absent 

 (Dover, 1872), 10s. ; IJnumitis sibi/lla, white bands obsolete (New 

 Forest, July 11th, 1901), £1 10s. ; another, with band very obscure in 

 forewings and absent in hindwings (New Forest, July 8rd, 1901), £1 ; 

 Melananjia galatea, hindwing suffused with black, brought lot 89 up to 

 £1 10s., and two other aberrations (lot 90) to £1 Is.; a fine Epinephele 

 ianira, unicolorous light brown 5 (Williamson, St. Margaret's Bay, 

 1876), fetched £1 6s.; a "white" aberration of Hipparchia sewele 

 (Arhngton, July 17th, 1902) £3 3s. ; a dark 3 (New Forest) and very 

 pale J £2 5s.; £'»oc?/« A//p('rrt»?/(».s- with large streaked ocelli, £2 ; and 

 another similar, £1 15s. The ChrijsophaiiKu dispar produced, 3 s, 

 £8 5s., £3, £2 12s. 6d., £3, and £3 each ; 2 s, £3 3s., £3 7s. 6d., 

 £2 5s., and £1 10s. each, and a 3 underside £2 ; three gynandro- 

 morphous PZ^ft<^ms aef/on fetched 18s. ; Cyaniris sewiavfjus [3 and ? ), 

 £1 5s. ; 3 , ? , and ? underside, £1 Is.; a gynandromorphic I'olymii- 

 matus icarus, left side 3 and right side J (Dover, July 7th, 1873), 

 produced 18s.; another left side ? right side 3 (no data) 15s.; whilst 

 lot 148 [with a fine blue Ayriades thetis {beUanjus) $ masquerading as 

 /'. icaruft] , went up to 17s.; a fine " grey " or " leaden "3 oi A. thetis 

 £2 12s. 6d.; two ab. striata and one ab. obsoleta 18s. ; a 3 with white 

 underside, £2 ; another ab. striata with an ab. obsoleta, £2 2s. ; a <? of 

 Ayriades coridon, grey or leaden in tint (Sussex, July 10th, 1895), 

 another with dusky forewings, etc., 12s. ; others with pale borders, 

 catalogued asfowleri (/) fetched, lots 159 and 160, up to 12s. and 16s.; 

 another ab. obsoleta and two ab. parisiensis, 14s. ; another ab. 

 obsoleta and ab. parisiensis, 16s.; a light brown J and two ab. parisiensis, 

 £1 4s.; a $ with suggestive gynandromorphism (a streak of 3 colour) 

 and other forms, 10s. ; whilst abs. of Hesp)eria malvae, a pale ab. of 

 Thymelicus acteon, an ab. of Auyiades sylvamis, and a rayed ab. of 

 Cyclopides palaeinon brought their respective lots (171-174) up to 9s., 

 9s., lis., and lis. respectively. So much for the butterflies. 



There were some good Sphingids in the collection, and, on the 

 whole, these produced good prices. Series of six Xlanduca atropos 

 (each with one good aberration) produced 15s., 16s., and 16s. per lot ; 

 a very dark aberration of Ayrius convolvuli, 12s. ; a very dark 5 and a 

 very light 3 of Sphinx Uyustri, 10s. ; a light 3 and dark 3 , 12s. ; 

 whilst a very fine example strongly marked with black (Hackney, July 

 11th, 1883) produced £3 10s. ; Hippotion celerio (Bannister, East 

 Brighton, September, 1896), 18s. ; Phryxxis livornica (Gates, South- 

 ampton, June 17th, 1872) and three Celerio yallii, 10s. ; whilst two 

 hybrid Smerinthns hybr. hybridus, 3 and $ , for 10s., would suggest a 

 slump in the price of this interesting insect, only, that, for others, bred, 

 1902, lis. (1), 10s. (1), lis. (2), were produced. Unusual asymmetrical 

 aberrations of Sesia stellatarum produced only 10s., surely much more 

 mportant and valuable insects than most " blue" 5 Lyc^enids. Aber- 



