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fig. 1 a, but differing from it in that the first few segments showed a 

 delicate pink in place of the white ; the body was entirely brown of 

 various shades, with no trace of red in it, and the horn was ivory- 

 coloured instead of brown as in the figure. Of the others, which 

 were typical, one came to an untimely end at the hands of an old 

 woman, the occupant of one of the cottages, who, feeling sure that it 

 must he " a locust," flattened it with a brick (!) ; while from the 

 remaining two the imagines appeared on October 10th and 11th, but 

 unfortunately both of them failed to expand their wings, and resulted 

 in cripples. — Eustace R. Bankes; Corfe Castle, Dorset, Jan. 17th, 1894. 



The Burney Collection (Heteeocera, continued from p. 25). — 

 One lot of useful Nocture, among which were eight examples of 

 CymatojjJiora octogesima (=: ocularis), was knocked down for 20/- ; but 

 for the next lot, which was similar, and contained a specimen of 

 Bryophila ahjcB in addition, the price only rose 4/- higher ; and another 

 lot, in which there was also an example of B. alyc?-, but no C. octo- 

 gesima, went for 12/-. Two lots of Acronycta strigosa (9) and A. aim 

 (8) fetched 30/- and 25/- respectively. There were fourteen examples 

 of Sy7ua musculosa and ten of Leucania vitellina, and these were offered, 

 at first, in lots comprising two of the former and one of the latter, and 

 sold at 45/- and 42/- per lot ; afterwards two specimens of each 

 species were put up in a lot, and realised from 27/6 to 40/- a time. 

 Two examples of S. musculosa, with other things, made 20/-. The 

 first of three lots of L. albijmncta (4 specimens in each) sold for 32/6, 

 but the other two lots went for 22/- each. Two lots of very useful 

 Leucania, each including an example of L. extranea, were disposed of 

 at 18/- and 14/-; two other lots, each containing a specimen of 

 L. l-album, went for 8/- per lot ; another lot, with two L. l-album, 

 made 10/-, and a nice parcel of five L. obsoleta, six L. jnitrescens, with 

 one L. l-album, and others, ran up to 28/-. Lot 380, " Flammea 

 5 fine, UlvcB 6, two var. bipnnctata, and one var. nigrostriata,'' sold for 

 30/-, but a similar lot only realised 16/-. Four lots of nice species, 

 including two Tapinostola concolor in each, were disposed of at 10/- a 

 time for the first three lots, but the fourth dropped to 8/- ; and a lot 

 of T. hellmanui, N. neurica, &c., with an examj^le of concolor, made 

 10/-. No7iagna brevilinea were put up three or four at a time, with 

 short series of other decent species, and were purchased at 11/- 15/- 

 and 26/- per lot. N. sparganii realised 5/- and 6/- apiece. There 

 were seventeen specimens of Xylomiges conspicillaris, and these were 

 offered five and six in a lot with other desirable species, the prices 

 obtained being equal to about 3/6 per specimen for the conspicillaris. 

 Laphygma e.vigua, of which there were ten examples in the collection, 

 ranged in price from 3/6 to 17/6. Pachetra leucopjluui did not meet 

 with much support, the eighteen specimens offered failing to find 

 customers at anything over 3/- each, and some of them went for much 

 less. The type of gueneei, Doubleday [Luperina testacea var.), was dis- 

 posed of for £2 15s., and a cotype was knocked down for £3 15s. An 

 example of Luperiua dumerili, and one of Crymodes ejculis, with four 

 si^ecimens each of Mamestra abjecta and L. cespitis, found a purchaser 

 at 35/-. Two pairs of indifferent Hydrilla palustris were sold at 26/- 



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