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catalogue) " Heliothi.i scutnsa dark var. of female, taken near Carlisle by Mr. Hey- 

 sham, vide Barrett, E. M. M." (vol. xxv, p. 225). 



Chariclea delpkinii, L. — Three, all more or less worn ; one is labelled " Chari- 

 clea Delphinli, L , fr. Balchener's Garden brought to me alive Brighton 1857 " and 

 " Mus. M. k M." printed on label in red ink ; a $ in very poor condition, " from 

 old Latham" (C.W.D.), and a nuich better <J without data, have "Windsor" 

 at side. 



Acontia Solaris, W. V. — Three specimens ; a verj' good, fresh-looking $ , 

 "Dover, Aug. 24, 1876"; an old and faded S "Mr. Stone, Dover, June, 1825" 

 (C.W.D.), the third, a ? , " Dover " at side. 



Micra paula, Hiibn. — A very good example, on a long old pin, " Dr. Cocks, 

 46" (J.C.D.), " Devon " at side. M. parva, Hiibn. Three specimens, the best one 

 without data ; one has a circular label " 1888 E. G. Meek from Harper's sale 

 lot 596," " St. Helen's " at side ; the third, rather a poor one, " U. Kogers Fresh- 

 water July 1880 " (C.W.D.). M. ostrina, Hiibn. Five examples, mostly good, but 

 unfortunately without data beyond " Freshwater " and " Studland " at side. 



Catephia alchymista, W. V. — Two specimens of this great rarity ; a (? in good 

 condition, "Bembridge, Mr. Harris" (C.W.D.) ; another (J , a finer specimen, but 

 very badly set, " Taken by Mr. Harris at Bembridge, T. O. Wight July 1867 see 

 Ent. M. Magazine Sep'- 1888." These were probably obtained by C. W. Dale at 

 the sale of the Burney collection in 1893. Cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxv, p. 91. 



Ophiodes lunaris, W. V. — Two examples, a very fine <? " P. Bouchard 1864" 

 (C.W.D.), " Killarney " at side ; a $ , somewhat worn, " Hailsham, Sussex, 28.5.75 

 see Ent. July 75." 



Brepho-t parthenias, L. — A magnificent melanic aberration of the $ , the fore- 

 wings above being entirely very deep rich sepia-brown, the i-eniform stigma and the 

 sub-apical costal blotch being alone faintly traceable in a somewhat darker tint ; the 

 hind-wings and body also very dark smooth sepia-brown, the fringes being a little 

 paler. The under-side of the wings is very similar in colour, but of a slightly 

 lighter shade. " From J. G. Ross coll. 1888 " (C.W.D.). 



Catoeala fraxini, L. — Seven specimens, of wliich the most interesting is a 

 greatly faded ? on a very antique pin, which bears a label by C. W. Dale " Mr. 

 Story, Beveridge, nr. Cranborne about 1740." All the others are <? 's, one on very 

 large old pin " From Mr. Samuel Carter's collection, Manchester"; one in fine 

 order " A. Mercer's sale 1891 " (C.W.D.), a fresh and bright-looking example, with 

 a large chip out of right hind-wing, repaired not very neatly from a wing of the 

 same species " Taken by B. Standish resting on paling near Birch Wood, Kent, 

 Sept. 7th, 1827 " (C.W.D.) ; one, worn with the tips of the fore-wings broken 

 " Taken by Mr. W. Harwood at light near Colchester, 1868 " ; one in fair order 

 " G. Parry, Canterbury 1874 " (C.W.D.) ; and one, much worn, " Hastings " 

 at side. 



(To be continued). 



Oxford : July \1th, 1909. 



