144 THE entomologist's record. 



It was not till a few clays before the sale that we heard that 

 Mr. L. B. Prout's collection, other than the Geometrids, was to be 

 brought to the hammer. It seemed a pity when one looked at the 

 excellent condition of the collection as a whole, that the sale was not 

 more widely known. Hundreds of specimens in beautiful condition, 

 sold at less than a halfpenny apiece ; a few things, on the contrary, 

 attracted the owners of some of our best collections, and sold well. 

 Among others, three aberrations of Melitaea cin.ria produced £1 Is., 

 £1 15s., and £1 5s. apiece ; two fine Ai/riades coridnn var. sijn(irap/ia, 

 22s.; a specimen of Snierinthns hybr. hybrid us, lis.; some nice Sesiids, 

 including two 3-Lgeria andrenifonnis, 20s. ; Platypteryx sicula, 24s and 

 20s. per pair, and 8s. for a ? ; Cerura bicuspis, 20s. for a pair, 7s. only 

 for2c?s; a pair of Bryopldla impar sold for 3s.; whilst Hyboma 

 strigosa fetched 12s. and 7s. for 4 and 5 respectively ; Lencania 

 vitellina went at 18s. and lis. per pair, whilst Lencania albipuncta 

 var. (jrisea, produced 17s. for 2, and 16s., 15s., 16s., 17s., respectively, 

 for sets of 5 ; Lencania favicolor produced only 16s. for 5, and 12s. for 

 4 examples, whilst Nonayria cuncolor went for 18s. and 12s. in sets of 

 4 ; and a pair of yonayria edelsteni (the new species from Sussex) 

 produced 26s.: 4 Lnperina luteayo var. ficklini Avent for 12s.; 2 L. var. 

 barrettii for 12s. ; but a fine example of L. var. barrettii, and a bred 

 L. var. fickii}ii, produced £2 2s. ; Xylowiyes conspicillaris, went in 

 fives at 24s. and 22s., and in fours at 18s. and 16s.; Petasia niibecidosa 

 sold twice over at 9s. for 3 ; (Jucidlia ynaphalii produced 14s., 12s., 

 10s. for 3, and 6s. for 2 ; whilst Laphyyina exiyua sold in sets of 7 at 

 16s., 13s., lis., and 10s. per set; a Shetland Crymodes exidis went for 

 15s. ; whilst Aporophyla australif. var. inyeniia 3 , went for 20s., 9s., 

 and 5s., according to condition, and a fine $ for 26s. 



Among the smaller things were three interesting lots. Lot 450, a 

 bred 3" Bacotia aepiiim, and six Froutia betidina, together with the 

 larval cases ; lot 451, the type of I'routia eppi ny ella, a,s described in 

 the Natural History of British Lepidoptera, ii., pp. 298, 569, together 

 with larval cases of both sexes ; lot 452, three $ Prontia eppinyella 

 with larval cases. Lord Walsingham visited the sale-rooms in order 

 to add the first two of these to his collection, soon now to be handed 

 over to the Nat. History Museum, whilst Mr. Bankes purchased the 

 third. The prices given for the other lots of small things would 

 hardly buy the pins on which the specimens were set. 



At the Royal Academy Exhibition this year, is a picture that will 

 charm all entomologists. It is called " The Aurelians," and depicts 

 two well-known lepidopterists, Dr. G. B. Longstaff and Mr. Selw^'n 

 Image in a study, cabinet open, at work. The portraits are life-like, 

 in that of Mr. Image, the artist, Mr, John Cooke, has excelled himself, for 

 the kindness and gentleness of one of the most delightful personalities 

 among the Fellows of the Ent. Society of London, positively speak 

 from the canvas. Those who know Mr. Image feel that the artist 

 iaious him too. The artist has done full credit to Dr. Longstaff, but 

 not quite in the same charming way. That he does not knoir the 

 latter as he does the former, is evident. But it is nevertheless quite 

 excellent. 



Another far-different picture that will attract entomologists for 

 quite a different reason is that by one of the Fellows of the Ent. 

 Society of London, Mr. J. C. Dollman. There is nothing for us to 



