SALE OF LEPIDOPTERA, 96 



lot 238, 14s.; four Aniyrolepia schreibersiana, lot 241, £1 Is.; although 

 Lozopera beatricella, twelve and seven, did not raise lots 242 and 

 244 above 10s. each. 



The Psychids produced very fair prices — ^14s., £1 6s., 5s., 7s., 13s., 

 9s., 12s., and £1 2s. per lot, whilst the Tineids {seiix. restr.) in some 

 instances were also satisfactory. Among the Gelechiids, Gelechia 

 (jibbosella, G. semidecandriella, (jr. Imaijiiaiella, G. hiibneri, and G. 

 iiinctella, brought up their lots to 10s., 14s., 18s., lis., £2, and 10s. 

 respectively. When will some of our young collectors rediscover some 

 of these latter, now almost lost, species in Britain ? The Butalids and 

 Glyphipterygids produced £2 17s. 6d., £2 2s., £1 4s., £1 12s. 6d., and 

 18s., 6s., and 5s. per lot, the sale on the 22nd producing altogether 

 about £216. 



On February 23rd the first species offered was the series of Peronea 

 rn'stana, on which was based the Mnnoiiraph of the species published 

 in the Knt. Record, vol. xiii, together with the types of the new 

 aberrations there described and figured. The whole series produced 

 £40 14s., some of the examples commanding excellent prices, thus, 

 single examples of tolana, 10s. each ; curthana, £2; masoniana, £1 Is. ; 

 cliadottana, £3 and £3 5s. ; gumpiana, £1 Is., £2 2s. ; near tolana, £2, 

 and so on. The series of P. hastiana, fetched £5 18s. 6d. We had 

 intended working these out with the late J. A. Clark, as we had done 

 /'. cristana, but like so many human intentions it never came off. 

 We observe, however, that the whole series was bought h}^ Doncaster, 

 we hope for one person, who will monograph them similarly to P. 

 rn'stana some day. The rest of the Microlepidoptera produced, on the 

 whole, high prices, particularly the Nepticulids, which went, in con- 

 secutive lots, for £1 8s., £2 10s., £2, £1 12s. 6d., £2 5s., £2 10., 

 14s., 14s., £1 Is., £1 7s. 6d., £1 6s., and £2. The Alucitids one might 

 have supposed would have sold for more. They only brought 7s., 

 12s., 6s., 7s., 7s., £1, and 10s. per lot. 



These were followed by a great number of valuable insects that 

 had never been amalgamated with the collection. Among others, 

 C/irijsoi>homiH dispar $ , £3 15s., 5 , £4 10s., £3 15s., £2 2s., $ 

 (Grigg coll.), 18s., <? underside (without antennae), £2 5s. 



It is well known that Clark was very interested in Australian and 

 exotic insects generally, and some fine examples were brought under 

 the hammer. These were sold in large lots, and, in many cases, small 

 cabinets full of Hymenoptera or Diptera, etc., without dividing them 

 into lots. The second day's sale produced roughly £189. Altogether 

 the collection and the cabinets in which they were contained produced 

 jnst upon £1300. 



On the same day some beautiful Ornithoptera victor iae, collected 

 l)y Woodford in the Solomon Islands, were sold, and fetched £6 15s., 

 £5 10s., £3 10s., and £2 5s. per pair, according to condition. Ornithop- 

 tera n r I- illeana only brought lis., 10s., 14s., 9s., 9s., and 8s. per pair. A 

 fine ^ Atpotix siibrosea brought £3 10s., but the marvel of the day's 

 collection came at the end, when Ai/riailes cnridon ab. sifntiraplia, 

 labelled " Alton Barnes, Wilts," appeared as abundant as " tiger " 

 moths ; anyway, 20 of stated British origin were sold in foui's at 

 £2 2s., £1 10s., £1 10s., £2 2s., and £1 12s. 6d., whilst an ab. fowlcri, 

 also from " Alton Barnes, Wilts," produced £1 15s., and a specimen 



