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and unique varieties gathered together regardless of cost, species now 

 extinct and consequently eagerly sought after, and a mass of the 

 commoner species in the most faded condition and utterly devoid of 

 any data that might render them of interest. Mr. Wellman's collection, 

 which was dispersed at Stevens' Auction Rooms on July l^i last, came 

 under quite a different category ; there were few rare or extinct species 

 or remarkable varieties, but the rank and file of the collection were in 

 unusually fresh and perfect order, and as a rule we'll loc9.1ised, quite a 

 history attaching to many of the series or individuals as the case might 

 be ; and the result of the sale — about two hundred pounds — appears to 

 shoAV that such conditions are appreciated by those whoi- are willing to 

 enrich their own collections on occasions of this kind. The contents 

 of the three cabinets were divided into some 800 lots, of which the 

 following were among the more interesting : — Lots 1 and 2, each 

 containing five Aporia cnitaijl, with sundry Papilio mac/uion, Leuco- 

 jihania sinapis, &c., brought 13/- and 12/- respectively.',- Lots 6 to 8, 

 comprising seven each of McJitaa aurinia and M. cinxia^c, went for 

 8/- to 10/- a lot ; while an under-side variety of the latter species, 

 figured in Newman's ' British Moths,' was knocked down for 32/6 ; 

 and a specimen of Vanessa untiopa, taken on Clapham Common in 

 1873, was sold for 20/. Lots 18 to 20, which included the Theche and 

 some well-marked forms of Canonympha tijphon, realised 11/- to 17/- 

 each; an "hermaphrodite" Lycana icarus, taken by Mr. Wellman on 

 Wandsworth Common in 1860, sold for 55/- ; and two specimens of 

 Polyommatus dispto-, both minus autennaD, but otherwise in fair 

 condition, for 40/- and 45/- respectively. Lots 26 to 28, each 

 containing six Lycana arion and sundry other Lycaenidae, ranged from 

 16/- to 20/- a lot ; while Deilephila yalii brought from 5/- to 7/- ; D. 

 livornica and CJuerocampa celerio, from 10/- to 15/- apiece ; and Sesia 

 spheyiformis, 15/- to 17/- a pair. The other Sesiidas, in lots of about 

 thirty specimens, realised 11/- to 17/- per lot ; while one containing a 

 yellow-banded form of S. myopiformis reached 26/-. Twelve Zyyana 

 exulans, arranged in three lots of four each, brought 13/-, 12/, and 

 14/- per lot ; and an | VI variety of Setuta irrorella, together with five 

 Xola centunalis, Ac, 50/-. Lots 62 and 63, each containing some 

 fourteen X centonalis and twelve N. albulalis, &c., were knocked down 

 at 40/- and 55/- respectively. Lot 64, sixteen Lithosia muscerda and 

 other species of the same genus at 32/6. Lot 65, eleven L. cuniola at 

 30/-. An example of Callimorpha duiiiinula, with hind wings of a 

 somewhat orange-red, Nemeophila pluntayinis var. hospita, and two not 

 very striking varieties of Arctia caia, were the means of raising lot 70 

 to 50/-. Lot 71, which included three specimens of Spilusuma mendica 

 var. rustica, and five buff-coloured !S. menthustri, brought 22/- ; while 

 lot 72, in which there were two of each, realised only 10/-. Ten 

 specimens of Lceiia ccenosa sold at an average of over 15/- each ; and a 

 couple of Cleora viduaria for 55/-. Lot 97, in which were included 

 variable series of Tephrosia binndulana and Gnophos obscurana brought 

 82/6 ; and lot 100, containing the remainder of the series of G. obscurata, 

 the three Boletobia fuUyinaria, recorded by Mr. Wellman in the earlier 

 numbers of the 'Entomologist,' &c., 30/-. Four Acidalia circellata, 

 with other species of the genus, were sold for 16/-; while two other 

 similar lots reached 20/- each. A specimen of Acidalia herbariata, 



