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£2 6s. "Lot 1272. Twelve ditto, some new, all rare," £2 7s. "Lot 

 1277. Seven species of rai*e British Phalenfe, among which are leuco- 

 melas and pisi," £1 Is. These again were all bought by Humjihry. 

 In the Fifteenth day's sale but little of importance is noticeable, except 

 that aniiopa and lineata figure among the Exotic sales, and that many 

 of the lots consisted of a mixture of British and Exotic species. In 

 the Eighteenth day's sale the same mixture occurs. In the Nineteenth 

 day's sale we find among others: "Lot 1977. Eight rare species of 

 British Papiliones, viz., lathonia, iris, primi, argiohis, rnhi, and 2 nonde- 

 script," £1 5s. "Lot 1990. Nineteen various species of rare English 

 Phalena3," £1 lis. "Lot 1995. Twelve curious and rare species of 

 English Phalena3, among which are hepattca, mijrtiUi, miata, jjrmiata,'" 

 £1 19s., all bought by Humphry ; whilst on the same day "11 curious 

 Exotic Sphinges," producecl 3s. 6d., and "11 beautiful Exotic Papi- 

 liones," 5s. On the Twentieth day we find " Lot 2091. Seven rare species 

 of English Phalen^, among which are trngopoginis, ciirago, typica, liicipara 

 and prcecox, L." £1 5s. " Lot 1092. Twenty-two curious and rare si^ecies 

 of British Phalenaj, amongst which are geoffrella, pomoneUa, conwai/ana," 

 £1, (both bought by Humphry) whilst "Two of Phakena fraxini," with- 

 out data, and " Two pairs of Sjjhinx nerii," ditto, were sold. The 

 Thirtieth day's sale is a striking one as in the face of the prices realised 

 both earlier and later ; some of its lots must have been very doubtful. 

 Thus we have " Lot 3171. Five sj)ecies of very scarce British Papi- 

 liones, viz., two pair of virgaurece, three maturna, one hero,'' &c., 3s. Gd., 

 whilst for "Lot 3178. Eight species, including falcataria, betularia, 

 laceriinaria, vihicaria, amataria, and defoliaria," 13s. " Lot 3180. Twelve 

 beautiful and rare Tineae, such as arcuana, christianana," £1 2s. " Lot 

 3182. A very fine pair of Sphinx atropos, and a new Sphinx related to 

 cohi'oZi'hZ/, lately discovered in Yorkshire," £2 4s. "Lot 3184. Eleven 

 species of British Phalena3, iduiata, pojmlata, bidentata, &c." 18s. "Lot 

 3186, Three extremely curious and rare English Phalena3, among which 

 is that very uncommon one, delphinii ov the Pease-blossom moth, jnnastri, 

 L. &c." £1 12s. " Lot 3187. Two very curious species, viz., castrensis 

 or the scarce Lacky Moth, and versicolor or Glory of Kent," £1 3s. 

 " Lot 3188. Four species of British Phalente, viz., cesadi, batis, etc." 

 14s. "Lot 3189. Three species of the larger British Phalenas, viz., 

 sponsa, maura, and 3 pairs of a new species related to pronuba," 14s. 

 "Lot 3193. Various duplicates, including j:>}YPcox-," £1 lis. 6d. "Lot 

 3194. Twelve species of the larger British Phalense, ^at'onm, quercus, 

 chrysitis, villica, nupta, plantaginis, vinida," 16s. 6d. All these were 

 bought by Humphry. 



These are a few of the notes made on rapidly running through the 

 Catalogue. The number of lepidoptera (both large and small) from 

 America is remarkable, and although, generally speaking, British speci- 

 mens are sold in separate lots from the Exotics, yet many are mixed, 

 and after studying the Catalogue a short time, one need no longer 

 wonder that British collections in the early part of the century contained 

 large numbers of species which have since been proved to have no locus 

 standi in the British fauna. If, as may be su2:)posed from this, most of 

 the earliest collections consisted of lepidoptera from many countries, it 

 is no wonder that doubtful species were introduced when British 

 collections began to be the rage. The Catalogue would certainly lead 

 any student to understand that every American and most European 



