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formis were put up in three assorted lots, thirteen or fourteen speci- 

 mens in each, and fetched 14/-, 24/-, and 26/- per lot. Five specimens 

 of S. andreniformis, lotted singly, produced £8 3s. altogether, but the 

 price per lot varied greatly ; one from E. Shepherd's collection only 

 made 8/-; one from "Rev. A. Matthews" secured £4; two others 

 went for 10/- each ; and for one taken at Folkestone in 1878, 55/- 

 was obtained. There was a nice series of Zygoma exulans, but the price 

 per specimen did not much exceed 1/-. Twenty-six Z. jUipendulce, 

 including two examples of the yellow form and other minor aberra- 

 tions, sold for 20/-. For a fine specimen of the rare " black " form of 

 this species, known as chrysanthemi, the bidding quickly ran up to ten 

 guineas (Janson). The type of Sarrothripus rev ay ana var. stonanus, 

 Curtis, was sold for 27/6 (Janson), and the type ramulanus, Curtis, a 

 form of the same species, made 20/-. 



Aberrations. — A curious specimen of Euchloe cardamines, in which 

 the orange patch on left fore wing did not extend to the apex, was 

 bought by Mr. Sydney Webb for 30/-. Two females streaked with 

 orange on upper or under surface were sold for 18/- and 20/- respec- 

 tively, one going into the collection of Mr. J. A. Clark. A straw- 

 coloured variety of Argynnis selene sold for 20/- (Janson). but another 

 interesting under-side aberration of the same species was obtained by 

 Mr. Farn for 4/- less. There were two fine " sports " of A. euphrosyne ; 

 one of these, nearly black both above and below, was sold to Mr. Farn 

 for 37/6 ; the other, " extraordinary light var., almost spotless, with 

 cream-coloured margins," reached the handsome price of £8 (Tring 

 Museum). A pale straw-coloured var. of A.paphia, from E. Shepherd's 

 collection, sold for £2 (Janson), and a very dark, almost black, form of 

 A. aylaia went for 20/-. Two aberrations of Satyrus semele, one tawny 

 and the other very pale, were not dear at 22/-. A. specimen of Epine- 

 phele ianira (jurtina) " cream coloured, with disc of fore wings orange, 

 J. W. Douglas collection," realized £5 (Janson), and an interesting 

 example of E. tithonus, " outer disc of fore wings white with pale grey 

 border," was secured, we believe by Mr. Studd, for £4. An almost 

 unicolorous male example of Nemeobius lucina, brownish orange or 

 fulvous in colour, went for £S, but a similar aberration of the female 

 was bought for the Tring Museum at £9. A specimen of the schmidtii 

 form of Chrysophanus pklceas went for the easy price of 8/-. Although 

 it was not exactly true schmidtii, it was only removed therefrom by 

 reason of the slight creamy tint of the ground colour. The specimen 

 was from E. Shepherd's collection. Among the species of Lycana 

 there were some nice aberrations, but the prices obtained for them 

 seemed to be low in most cases, possibly due to the absence of data. 



The gynandrous specimens were five in number, and these realized 

 £4 18s. : — (1) Lyccena agon (left,? , right ? ), 28/- ; (2) L. icarus (left ^ , 

 right $ ), 18/- ; (3) L. icarus (left $ , right <? ), 16/- ; (4) Smerinthus 

 populi (left ^ , right ? ), 18/-; (5) S. populi (left?, right <?), 18/-. 

 Three hybrid S. ocellata- populi produced only 16/-. 



Notes on the second day's sale will be given in the May number of 

 the ' Entomologist.' 



