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Two dark aberrations of Lhnenitis aibi/lla for 10s., were not dear; 

 whilst Apatura iris ab. iolc went (with five typical A. iris) for 

 £1 15s. KKvancssa antiopa ])vodncedSs., 10s., 16s., 18s., 8s., 8s., 10s., 

 16s., 18s., apiece, and an underside aberration of I'l/yanwis atalanta, 

 £4. Vanessa in, with obscure ocelli, £2 and £1 10s. ; whilst certain 

 lots of A. urticae went for £3 15s. (five specimens), £1 10s. (five). 

 Aberrations of Melitaea athalia fetched £4 5s., £1 10s. and £1 2s. ; 

 whilst single specimens of M. aurinia brought £1 Is., £4 10s. and 

 £1 10s. Aberrations of BrentJm aelene went for £2, £1 7s. 6d., £2, 

 and of An/i/nnis a<jlaia, £1 15s., £1 Is. and 12-^. A specimen of 

 A. niobe, reputed from the New Forest, July, 1868, went for £1 Is. ; 

 whilst A. lathonia produced 10s., 12s., 20s., 12s., 12s., 8s. and 203. 

 per pair. The bleached Kpincplwle ianira went for next to nothing, 

 although £7 for one and £2 10s. for two, Avere higher prices. A pale 

 ab. of E. tithonm went for £4 10s. ; but splendid series of ab. arete of 

 Enodia lujperantlms went for 10s., 7s. and 8s. per lot of 20 ; and 

 four .S'. malvae ab. taras produced only 6s. Among the moths, a 

 hybrid Sineriutlnis ocellatus-populi, went for 21s. ; whilst another hybrid 

 (right side male, left side female) produced £3 5s ; a dark aberration of 

 Sji/iiu.elij/ustri, £610s. ; a ('/merocajnjia nerii, £2 os. ; 1 Kdlepli ila euphorhiac 

 only produced 12s., 30s., 14s., 14s. apiece, and the prices suggest that 

 at last Eaddon's specimens are being appraised at their true value. 

 D. lineata produced 12s., 18s. and 8s. (for two) ; whilst C. celerio 

 went for 18s., 16s., 16s., 14s. apiece, and Seda .y^/m/iformis and 

 S. scoliaeforDiia produced just Is. each ; S. ve-ynfoniris went for 12s. 

 and 8s., and .S'. andrenifinnis at £1 15s. and £3 per specimen. 

 The rest of the prices call for no comment, the Zygaenids, consider- 

 ing their actual value, being almost given away.— J. W. Tutt. 



URRENT NOTES. 



The first meeting of the " Committee for the protection of British 

 Lepidoptera in danger of extermination," appointed by the Ento- 

 mological Society of London, was held at the Society's Kooms on 

 October 14th, 1896. Professor Meldola, President of the Society, 

 was in the chair. Mr. C. G. Barrett, F.E.S., was appointed 

 secretary of the committee. Letters from the City of London Ento- 

 mological and Natural History Society, the North London Natural 

 History Society, and the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, 

 expressing warm sympathy with the object of the committee, were 

 read. After discussion of the best methods of securing the objects of 

 the committee, it was resolved to invite information as to species in 

 special danger of extermination, with a view to future action. 



The third part of the sale of Mr. C. A. Hriggs' collection will take 

 place on November 24th and 25th. This Avill comprise the " Tigers," 

 including Longley's celebrated specimen (the somewhat similar com- 

 panion to which fetched £15 15s. in Mr. Vaughan's sale), fine Dciopeia 

 pulchella, Gastropacha ilicifolin, from Standish's collection, Laelia 

 caenosa, SpiJosoma mentliastri, S. urticae, Odonestis potatoria etc. 

 The whole of the Noctuides, the fine lot of Geometkides, and the 

 larger Pyralides will also be included in the sale. 



The Rev. A. P. Morres records (Sept. 19th, 1896) the capture of 

 of a specimen of Choerocampa nerii, captured in 1892, at Stoke Henning 



