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and 30/- per pair. Agrotis ashworthii made from 2/- to 2/6 apiece. 

 Noctiia subrosea brought out some spirited bidding at first, but this was 

 not maintained throughout ; there were six lots, two specimens in 

 each, and the prices realised were £6 6s., £5 5s., £4 10s., £3 5s., 

 £2 5s., and £2, and for one female 12/-. Noctua sohrina, with some 

 vars. of N. castanea, only fetched about 1/- each, whilst specimens of 

 Pachnobia Jujperborea [alpina] were to be obtained at less than 2/- a 

 time. Cerastis enjthrucephala found purchasers at 4/- to 10/- each, but 

 Dasycampa rubigiiiea, if allowance be made for other insects in the lots 

 with them, did not average much more than 1/3 per specimen. One 

 lot of Dianthcecia albimacnla, four D. casia, and seven D. irregularis 

 fetched 21/- ; D. luteago var. barretti (18 specimens), sold at 7/6 and 

 8/- each, and Poliu xanthomista var. nigrocincta at about 4/-. There 

 were three specimens of Hadena pur/ihyrea (saiura), but these were not 

 much sought after ; lot 514, which contained an example of this 

 species, together with Trigonoplwra Jlammea [ = empyrea) (5), H. recti- 

 linea (6), and others, only realised 6/-, and for a similar lot there was 

 no bid until it was offered with the next, also similar, when the com- 

 bination was knocked down for 6/-. A specimen of Hadena peregrina, 

 " taken by Mr. W. Wigan at sugar, near Lewishara, Aug. 20th, 1868," 

 went for 6/-, as also did another example, " taken at Freshwater, Isle 

 of Wight, 1868," while for a third there was no offer until it was put 

 up with the next lot, which contained still another peregrina, and some 

 useful species of Hadena (29 specimens), when the entire parcel was 

 disposed of for 10/-; a fifth example oi peregrina, "taken at East- 

 bourne, 1870 (received alive)," and nice series of contigiia, glauca, 

 suasd, &c., sold for 6/-. XyVnia furcifera ( = conformis), of which species 

 there were thirteen specimens, fetched 4/6 to 5/3 each ; an example of 

 Xylina lambda var. zinckenii, " taken by S. Harrington at New Cross, 

 1866 (vide ' Entomologist,' iii. p. 2*05, and ' Ent. Annual,' 1867, 

 p. 136)," was sold for 30/-, and an example of the type-form of the 

 same species (lambda), " received amongst some common autumnal 

 Noctuas, collected at Rye in October, 1871," found a purchaser at 32/-. 

 A specimen of Cucullia artemisia (abrotani), " found with series of 

 C. ahsinthii, and had been overlooked by Mr. Burney," was sold for 

 40/-. C. gnaphalii (12 specimens) realised 8/- to 10/6 each. A lot, 

 including among other things ten specimens each of Heliothis peltigera 

 and H. armigera, was cleared at 12/-; and a specimen of Acontia 

 zolaris var. albicollis, " taken by Rev. Percy Andrews in a clover-field 

 at Brighton, Aug. 25th, 1859," induced bidding up to 30/-, at which 

 price the hammer fell. Thalpochares ostrina did not engage much 

 attention, as two lots each, comprising two examples of this species, 

 with nice series of Bankia argentata, Brephos notha, and others, only 

 fetched 6/- and 5/-. A specimen of T. paula, " taken by Mr. J. 

 Moore at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, June, 1872," was sold for 10/-; 

 whilst two other examples of this species, with good series of Hydrelia 

 uncula ( = unca), B. notha, &c., realised only 5/-. OjjJiiodes lunaris was 

 another insect that buyers did not seem to be particularly " gone on "; 

 one lot, containing an example of this species, four Toxacampa eraccee, 

 and other species, sold for 6/-, and a similar lot for 8/-. Two lots of 

 Madopa salicalis (5), and other useful Deltoids, went for 10/- a lot, and 



