22 THE entomologist's record. 



a S Diniorpha versicolor with orange-yellow hindwings (Berkshire, 

 bred, 1902), £1 4s. ; Avhilst a Douholivnis fdni (stated to have been 

 taken at electric light at Brighton by William Scrase, September 3rd, 

 1894), produced 12s, One feels that one Avould like to know the 

 nearest continental locality of this species to Brighton. Drepana 

 harpai/ida (Leigh Woods) produced {<i and 2 ) 12s., 2 Js 12s., 3 ^s 

 14s., whilst 4 abs. of P/ialera biicepliala went up to £2 10s. 



The Noctuids produced, on the whole, low prices, among the higher 

 being — series of Bryophila iimralis and B. perla which brought 8s., 13s., 

 and 16s. a series ; sets of four Hyboma utrit/ofia and seven Jocheaera alni 

 12s., 12s., 14s. ; the fine Peridroma ypsilon {fni^'nua) ab. albescens, £1 2s. ; 

 six Ai/rotis as]iirort/ni, 12s.; A. sitbrosm (J and $ ), £1 2s., 12s., 12s., and 

 10s. per pair, £1 (for 4), £1 Is. (for 5). The 12 specimens of Triphaena 

 orhona (figured Ent., xxii., pi. vi.) produced only 7s., but Pavlvmbia 

 alpina reached 14s. (6), 14s. (6), 12s. (7) ; Xylina amforwis went at 

 £1 Is., £1 10s., £1 4s., and £1 Is. for 3 in each case. 



Among the Geometrids, a curioiis dwarf liuniia rratacijata, with 

 white hindwings (Berwick, July 7th, 1904), and Venilia macidata near 

 nh. qiiadriniacidata, £2 5s.; four more lliiinia crataeyata (one white, one 

 dark, two light), £1 lOs. ; three aberrations of Anyerona priinaria pro- 

 duced £2 15s. ; a hybrid Selenia iUnnaiia xiUu^traria brought lot 521 

 to 13s. ; a pair of melanic Knnonioa aittiimnaria (Newman) £1 Is. ; 

 a pair of melanic K. anyxdaria £1 Is.; Cleora viduaria ^ s at 12s., lis., 

 12s., 12s., lis., and 10s. each, 15s. for two; $ s 15s. and 12s. each, 

 12s. (2), 10s. (2), 15s. (2), and 14s. (2, with other species) ; a series of 

 Heinerop/dla abrnptaria (84) bred by W. G. Pearce, and described F.nt. 

 Bee, X., p. 121, including a gynandromorphous example, produced 

 only 14s.; Ep/iyra pendidaria with four picked abs. 18s., and six abs. 

 of Kiucittin/a atomaria £1 15s., were among the best. The two days' 

 sale totalled about £490 Os. Od. 



jg^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc, 



Late appearance of lkpidopteea in 1909. — It may be well to note 

 re Mr. Front's observation on H ipocrita jacobaeae {ctntea, vol. xxi., p. 245), 

 that when I was at Worthing, on August 14th, I saw a perfectly fresh 

 $ of this species on an oak fence near Honielield Park, w'here there 

 appeared to be little or no ragwort. It struck me that the example 

 w^as a late specimen of the first brood, as I have never known even odd 

 specimens of a second brood to occur. Many other insects were 

 remarkably late, notably perfectly fresh $ Melanaryia yalatea, at 

 Dover, during the second week of August. — C. P. Pickett, 28, Col- 

 worth Road, Leytonstone. Novewber 11th, 1909. 



W^ AR I AT 10 N . 



Some minor aberrations of Ccenonympha pamphilus. — The almost 

 universall}^ abundant little Coenonyinpha }ianipluliis does not occur in 

 Guernsey, though it is common in the adjacent islands. This may in 

 part account for the attraction it has for me, with the result that, 

 wherever I go, I net many more of this species than I do of other 

 common things. In consequence, I have taken one or two really good 

 aberrations, but, in addition, I have observed three minor departures 

 from the normal which may be worthy of remark. To begin with 



