NOTES ON COLLECTING. 



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Liiiimtis sibilla with bands more or less obsolete fetched from 

 £1 Is. to oOs, each. 



Apotiira irifi still maintains the high prices at present existing and 

 type specimens averaged about 8s. each. A fine var. without bands 

 and spots cost £11, and one somewhat similar, but not so large and 

 good £4 10s. ; another only brought 21s. 



Now came the sensation of the sale, the much figured and well- 

 known black variety of Mdanar(jia galathea taken at Chattenden in 

 1871 by Mr. Doran. After keen competition a bid of £32 was 

 successful, this being the record price paid for a British butterfly. 

 Another very light var. fetched £3 10s. 



A remarkable var. of IJipparchia aetneU with three large spots 

 forming a band on forewings, owing to its poor condition only fetched 

 £2 10s., but it is of some interest as aberrations of this species are 

 uncommon. 



A golden-brown Kpineiiliele jiirtina realised £4 10s., and others 

 with wings more or less bleached, realised from 12s. to 50s. Several 

 very interesting vars. of Apliantopufi Jnjperantits fetched good prices — 

 a pale golden ochreous var, realised £7, one with pale ocelli fig. 

 in Mosley £3, and one with broad buff borders to ocelli £3 10s. Two 

 var. laiiccolata of rather small size fetched 25s. to 30s. each. 



White Uoenoniiiiiplta pampliilKS lotted with four var. lylliis fetched 

 28s. to 27s. 6d. each. A fine pale golden male, var. palleacens, 

 realised £3 10s. 



This was the end of a very successful sale, although the prices for 

 the extreme vars. with several exceptions did not reach the high 

 average experienced in several previous sales, the less conspicuous 

 aberrations realised exceptionally good prices. The total sum I 

 believe approximated £850. The collection was effectively catalogued 

 by Mr. -Janson, whose descriptions are roughly followed by the writer. 

 The sale of the remainder of the butterflies takes place on the 14th 

 March, when some remarkable blues and coppers will be shewn. — 

 S.G.C. E. 



r?lOTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Second Broods in 1921. — On the Downs at the back of Worthing 

 Hesperia malvae and Nisoniades tat/es were taken on August 6th. 

 Brenthis sdene also appeared in some numbers during August. Nola 

 cucullatdla came into the house at Worthing on September 9th. 

 Porthesia anrifiiia and Oitrapteryx saiiibiicaiia were taken on a gas lamp 

 at Worthing on October 3rd. Paravfie iiiegera, third brood, was in 

 fresh condition on the Downs at Sompting on October 2nd. — H. McD. 

 Edelsten, Oakhurst, Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath. 



Correction. — H. varieijafa, Goeze. — I regret to find the quotation 

 from Weise (B.T. 1885) is not correct in my paper on this species in 

 vol. xxxiv., p. 23. It should have read as follows : " h) P. 4 + 5 + 6 

 zu eirier dicken C.-formigen Zeichnung oder de ae." Will subscribers 

 please therefore in their copies alter the words " und formigen " into 

 " C-formigen."— G. B. C. Leman, F.E.S. 



Myrmecophilous mites. — I see from Mr. Donisthorpe's " Myrme- 

 cophilous Notes for 1921 " that the mite Antennophorus forcli, Wasm.^ 



