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rations of Amorpha i>opidi went at 14s. and lis. each; a fine asyni- 

 inetrical ab. of Mimas tiliac l)i'onght lot 200 up to i'l 4s., and a fine 

 unicolorous ab. (lot 202) up to £2 7s. 6d. The beautiful series (ten) of 

 this species (figuretl Kntoiii. Lievovd, 1891, p. 317) produced £5 10s., 

 whilst two other interesting series (15 and 13 specimens resp2ciively) 

 fetched &\ 2s. and £4. 



The Anthrocerids produced 7s., 7rf., 6s., 5s., lis., 12s., 17s., 9s., 

 18s., and 13s., per lot. A specimen of Setina irrorella ab. sif/nata, 5s.; 

 series of Xnla albulalis (8) and iY. centnnalu (9), £1 12s. 6d. per set; 

 a specimen of Kulcpia vribrmn with white hindwings (Bright, New 

 Forest), 4s. ; another, with a pale Kuthoitnnia nissula, 14s. ; two 

 Eitchelia jamhaeoc (one with suffused hindwings, the other with left 

 hindwing yellow, but nervures and base red), 12s.; another E. jacohame 

 with yellow hindwings (Wicken Fen, 1898) brought lot 238 up to 14s.; 

 whilst some good abs. of ( '(dli)iu>yplia doininnia, (■. heia, and Xenieopliila 

 plantai/inis produced 10s., £1 Is., 9s., 10s., 10s., 16s., and £1 for 

 successive lots, the X. plant (Kjin in looked as if they were worth more ; 

 a fine Spihtnoma viendica ab. niiiiottiariiinata and other abs. brought 

 lot 247 up to £2 2s. The Antia caia fetched very mixed prices, the 

 first 29 went for 24s., then lot 255 (2), 10s.; lot 256 (2), 8s.; lot 257 

 (1), £1 12s. 6d.; then 43 for £1 2s.; but lot 265 (1) (Gravesend, 1901) 

 produced £8 8s.; lot 266 (1) (Harwood, East Suftblk, August, 1903), 

 £4 15s.; lot 267 (the ab. darld, figured J'hit. /.'«•., 1909, p. 88), £8 8s.; 

 lot 268 (1) (Harwood, Colchester, July, 1903), £6 ; then 12 for £1 2s.; 

 lot 272 (3), £2 ; then 56 for £1 5s.; lot 282 (1) for £2 5s.; lot 283 (1), 

 £2 16s.; then 8 for 3s. finished off this species. Four fine Arctia 

 villica produced £1 Is., £1 Is., £2 2s., and £1 6s. each ; but the series 

 of Spilosoiiia lubricipi'da, S. mcnt/iastri, and S. nrticae fetched very low 

 prices. 



For the purpose of monographing Sayrothripiia nndidaniis {rerai/ana), 

 similarly to his treatment of Feronea cristana, Clark had collected 352 

 picked examples, and these were unfortunately split, and not bought, 

 as one had hoped would be the case, by one person in order to treat 

 them as Clark had intended. They were sold as lot 217 (66 specimens), 

 £1 7s. (Bright); lot 218 (79 specimens), £1 5s. (Hanbury); lot 219 (78 

 specimens), £1 4s. (Hanbury); lot 220 (6 specimens), £3 (.Janson); lot 

 221 (83 specimens), £1 (Hanbury). It is stated in the " Catalogue " 

 that lot 220 contained Curtis' types of ab. stonanns and ab. ranndaniia: 

 one would like to know on what grounds; it is rather improbable, one 

 would suspect, and certainly we should like to know the evidence on 

 which the supposition is based. 



Among the 2euzerids were three interesting examples of Zen una 

 pi/rina, one with the central spots of forewings large and confiuent, 

 sold for £2; another with coalesced spots £1 4s., and another with 

 spots large and confluent, £3 15s. 



A series of Laelia voenom produced 17s., 14s., 18s., 17s., and 13s. 

 for pairs ; and 21s. and 18s. (for 2 J s and 1 ? ); 21s., 16s., and 18s. for 2 

 3 s and 2 ? s in each case, whilst 4 J s and 2 $ s produced £1 4s.; a dark 

 ab. of Dasijc/nra pudihunda (New Forest, 1895) and others, produced 

 £2 10s.; whilst the series of black and intermediate forms of I'sHma 

 mnnaclia (figured Ent. Record, 1892, and of foreign origin), produced 

 16s. Some good Cosmotnche potatoria fetched £1 4s. ; a J Satuniia 

 pavonia, with obsoletely marked hindwings, and a white ? , £1 6s. ; and 



