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A gyuamlfouun'ph speoiuuni of Zt'i'/ii/nta tjiiercitti, not in the host of 

 oomlition, was clump at i'l 10s., ami a fcnualo of tho same species with 

 the purple colour greatly oxtentloil, i'l Is. 



'I'welve iliii/soplmHux ilispar, mostly in line condition, realised each 

 Md l)s.. i'll lis'., i'9, t'o 10s., n2, £\), L'll, £10 10s., .1'9, £1 7s., £6, 

 £6, the two latter heing undersides, one having elongated spots. 



A whole drawer contained the series of liii»iicia phlottis, most of 

 which came originally from the Sahine Collection. There won many 

 aherrations among the long series, the hest being a bred specimen with 

 broad band of blotches across the centre of forewings. A true 

 gynandromorph, although not in bred condition, was reuuirkably cheap 

 considering its rarity at £1 15. Lots SJ) and 54, each containing four 

 rich golden specimens bred by Sabine, realised OOs. and oSs. each. A 

 female without the band of spots on the forewing fetched GOs. 

 Various silvery white forms (ah. (i//»(i) brought from BOs. to 80s. each, 

 and two pale golden forms 81s. and 88s. each. The entire series 

 realised about .£(?0. 



A pale and a dusky male, {'(hiad itut aniii'lus, went for £1 10s. the 

 pair. Two lots each containing a pale lilac male and about 50 I'lthtins 

 iit'iioit realised 18s. and £2 15s. each, the latter lot containing many 

 females marked with blue (ab. »ninn«*»//). A perfect gynandronuM'ph in 

 bred condition, right side nuile. left female, was not dear at £5 10s., 

 and other lots of the species brought 7s. to £2 2s. per lot. An aberra- 

 tion of Alicia nietUni with white underside with broad streaks on upper 

 wings realised £9. 



A specimen of I. a)ii pities bot'ticnx taken by Sabine at Dartford 

 brought £9. 



An entirely black Foh/o)iiiinxtits icanis cost £8, and a true gynan- 

 dromorph rather small but in good condition £2. Three other 

 gynandromorphous specimens 18s. A male underside pale with broad 

 stripes on fovewings £7. A cream coloured underside almost spotless 

 £8 10s. Lot 109, a superb streaked underside tig. in South was cheap 

 at £10 10s. Among the Atiiioii*')^ coridon, lot 121, containing 

 8 ah. f'oirleri — tine Swanage forms — went cheaply for £8 5s. 

 A male with one black forewing ^Yith narrow streaks of blun 

 realised £5 10s. A line streaked underside fetched £9, and 27 

 other lots varied from 10s. to 15s. each. Lots 14G, 147, 148, 

 each containing 12 reputed hybrids between /'. icanix and A. t/ietis 

 (heUar()Hs), taken by Sabine at Rainham in 188(5-7, realised 

 £20, £5, and £8, the prices varying according to the number of 

 perfect specimens in each lot. The colouring is nearer to /'. icarus 

 than to -I. tlutix in these insects, but it would be ditVicult to say 

 definitely that they were hybrids. The fact that they were caught in 

 successive seasons and that the ground was then cut up, is interesting : 

 in form generally, except colour, the specimens favoured A. thetis. 

 The writer has taken females of A. coriiion in copulation with A. tJutig, 

 and A. thi-ti'< nuile with fouuile P. icitrim, and it is, of course, possible 

 that imagines might result from these illicit connections. An 

 oehreous-grev male of A. tlietis {ht'lUiiiiits) realised £G ]0s.. and an 

 entirely black male 80s. Another black male larger and perfect 

 fetched £8 10s., and a dark smoky grey specimen £2. One of pale 

 t>-reenish hue and one a dull blue 85s. the pair. Lot IGO, a beautiful 

 Zrinta underside aberration fetched £20, and this specimen was 



