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Argi/nnli aqlaia, L. — An cxceediii^'lv fine var. of thf (?, almost entirely suffused 

 with brownish-black, leaving only one transverse basal spot, anil one small round 

 spot in the cell of the fore-wing, of the usual ground-colour ; the black markings 

 on the hind-wings fairly distinct, but quite invisible on the forc-wiiigs. Undcr-sido 

 of hind-wings uniform dark olive-green, with tiio usual metallic markings represented 

 in rich silvery-green. This beautiful variety is figured on Plato 290, Brit. Ent. 

 A. adippe, L. — A very fine suffused J ; in the fore-wings the black spots are re- 

 placed by rich dark brown ; the hinder pair being uniform dark brown with mar- 

 ginal fulvous crescents between the nervures. A. lathoiiia, L. — Three fairly good 

 specimens. A. selene, F. — A fine variety, the basal black markings of all the wings 

 obsolete, and the submarginal black spots of liind-wings elongated towards the 

 base. 



Lycxna phlxas, L. — A very dark, irregularly suffused specimen of the dark 

 form eletis, F. L. chri/seis, F. — A pair, the ,S not i" good condition. L. hippothoc, 

 L. — One <^ example, fairly good, but without antennaj. L. di.ipar, Uaw. — A fine 

 series of six ^ and five 9 examples, some of which are evidently bred; one particu- 

 larly fine ? is figured on Plate 12, Erit. Ent. L. vlrr/aurex, L. — Three ^ and one 

 ? , but only one (J specimen is really fine. L. acis, W.V. — A nice series of four (J 

 and three ? specimens. 



Poli/ommaiu.t adonis, F. — A very fine aberration, with all the ocelli of the 

 under-side obsolete, with the exception of the central (well-marked), and faint in- 

 dications of the niarginal ones ; labelled " 1. Dorylas Hubn." ? 



Hesperia alveolux, Hiibn. — E'our good examples of ab. taras, Meig. 



Smerinthiis ocellattis, L. X "S. popuU, L., liybr. — One. 



jEfferia asUi/ormls, F. —A pair, in good order J'J. chrysidiformis, Hiibn. — 

 One only, of date certainly long anterior to the re-discovery of the species at 

 Folkestone. 



Deilephila euphorbiiv, L. — Three specimens (2^,1 '^) evidently bred ; figured 

 on Plate 3, Brit. Ent. D. lineata, F. — A soinewliat broken <? example. D. galii, 

 iliibn.~0ne worn specimen only. 



Chaerocampa celerio, L. — Two $ in poor condition. 



Sphinx pinastri, L. — One rather small ? , in very good order. S. qiiiiiquentacu- 

 latus, Haw. {Carolina, L.).— Two somewhat battered specimens, the larger without 

 antennae; A label in the cabinet drawer next these reads as follows :—" Carolina : 

 taken at West Cowes in the Isle of White (sic) 28th August, 1790, by my friend 

 Mr. Thompson ; " across the label a nearly illegible name is written in pencil (? in 

 Curtis's handwriting), which I make out to be " Plastead : " the moth is figured on 

 Plate 195, Brit. Ent. 



Zeuzera arundinis, Uiibn. — Two very good pairs. 



Stauropus fagi, L. — Two specimens. 



Clostera anachoreta, Fab. — Two on fairly modern gilt pins ; figuivd on Plate 

 745, Brit. Ent. 



Cerura latifascia, Curtis.— A dark suffused ? of C./urcula, L., stands under 

 this name, and is figured on Plate 193, Brit. Ent. 



Psilura monacha, L. — A beautiful ? , with the dark markings much oxtendeil 

 and enlarged ; figured on Plate 767, Brit. Ent. 



