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22ncl. Scardia holeti,^p\}iug,, J line 24-th. Gelechia subocellea, Wicken Fen, June. 

 Zelleria hepariella, near Exmoutli, August. Argyresthia abdoininafii, Sliclfoi'd, 

 Cambs., J uly 1 0th. 



A nearly black variety of Notoxus moyioceros was taken at Shelford in June ; 

 and in fungi in November I found the following beetles, among others, near Cam- 

 bridge (kindly identified for me by Dr. Sharp), Silusa rubiginos-a, Tetratoma fun- 

 gorum and Triplax rusxica. — F. W Edwards, Penwith, Hills Road, Cambridge : 

 March 9ih, 1909. 



Hemerohlux inconspicnu.i, McLacli., Sfc, in Nottinghamshire. — Among some 

 specimens of Neuroptera and Trichoptera. taken last year by Miss E. M. Alderson, of 

 Worksop, and recently sent to me for examination, I was glad to find a couple of 

 Hemerobiun inconspicuus, McLach., from Clumber, near Worksop. Other interesting 

 species included Chrysopa phyllochroma, Wenn., Hemerobitis concinntix, Steph., H. 

 quadrifasciatus, Reut., and H. atrifrons, McLach., from Worksop, where all but the 

 last were common. There was also a H. atrifrons from Delamere, in Cheshire. — 

 Geo. T. Poeeitt, Dalton, Huddersfield : March Uh, 1909. 



Sterrha saeraria at Grange-over- Sands. — My friend Mr. W. Shackleton, of 

 Bradford, recently showed me a beautiful S specimen of Sterrha saeraria, which he 

 caught at Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, in the early part of September, 1906. 

 According to South, six or seven specimens of this rarity were obtained in Lanca- 

 shire in 1867, and it is interesting to note its occurrence again in that county after 

 the lapse of thirty-nine years. — B. Morley, Skelraanthorpe, Huddersfield : March 

 3rd, 1909. 



Sale of rare British Butterflies. — We take the following from the ''Times " of 

 February 24th last : — " Yesterday at the Great Rooms, King Street, Covent Garden, 

 Mr. J. C. Stevens began the sale of the first portion of the large collection formed by 

 the late Mr. T. Maddison. The collection was well-known as being specially rich in 

 rare and extinct species, and remarkable varieties. Seventeen specimens of Chrg^o- 

 phanus dispar, the ' Large Copper ' butterfly, which has long been extinct in Britain, 

 were disposed of at prices varying from £5 IDs. to £1 5s., but the best prices were 

 made for the more remarkable varieties. A rayed form of Argynnis paphia, with 

 the fore-wings dark and suffused, and the base and hind-margin of the under-side of 

 hind-wings silvery, made £8 ; a variety of A. aglaia, having on the hind-wings 

 broad dark bands (from the Linnsean collection), £9 IDs. ; a tawny-orange variety of 

 A. euphrosyne, £9 ; a Melitsea athalia, obscure, with central band of pale spots on 

 the under-side of hind-wings, £9 ; a black variety of Vanessa c-album,£'7 ; T'.poly- 

 chloros, with irrorated margin and the costal blotches united, £7 10s. ; a very fine 

 dark variety of Apatura iris, £7 ; a magnificent variety of Epinephele tithonus 

 (figured in the " Entomologist " for October, 1897), £8 lUs. ; and a golden brown <J 

 of the same species, £6. Good prices were made for all the rarer lots, and the total 

 amount realized was £362." — Eds. 



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