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taken at rest on a shop window in Oxford Street in 1873, brought the 

 lot in which it was inckxded, together with A. contiguana, &c., up to 

 37/6 ; while a similar lot, minus the herhariata, reached 16/- only. 

 Nine fine specimens of Acidalia strigilata, together with xi. emutaria, 

 &c., were sold for 10/-; while the following lot, in which one of the 

 A. emutaria was of a pinkish shade, and which included three 

 A. degeneraria, one of them of a straw-colour, carried the bidding to 

 28/- ; another lot, containing a fine series of thirteen of the last-named 

 species, reached 16/-. An almost unicolorous brown variety of Ema- 

 turga atomaria, taken at a field meeting of the South London Society 

 at Loughton, May 24th, 1884, sent lot 118 up to 21/-; four Eupithecia 

 ultimaria having the same eflect on lot 144 ; and a specimen of Anticlea 

 sinuata, in which the white band was divided, carried lot 150 to 28/-. 

 Fifteen bred Camptogramma fiuviata and one Phihalaptergx polygrammata 

 were the evident cause of lot 154 running up to 42/- ; as were five fine 

 dark-banded forms of Eucosmia certain of the following lot touching 

 22/- ; three Drepana sicula, received from Mr. Grigg, of Bristol, sold 

 for 16/-; and a pair of Dicranura bicuspis, from Mr. Tester, for 30/-; 

 six Bryophila muralis var. impar brought an average of 4/- each ; and 

 two Leucania albipuncta, taken in the warren at Folkestone by Mr. 

 Oldham, reached 35/-; six Agrotis pyrophila and five A. askworthii 

 realised 16/-; eight Plusia chryson, five P. hractcea, &c., 21/-; four 

 Toxocampa craccce, &c., 10/-; and so on. — Robert Adkin ; Wellfield, 

 Lewisham. 



The United States Entomologist. — Prof. C. V. Riley having 

 resigned the position of chief of the Department of Entomology in the 

 United States of America, Prof. L. 0. Howard has been appointed his 

 successor. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Sesia myopiformis at Kensington. — I have taken a specimen of 

 S. myopiformis in the garden here. There is a pear-tree just on the other 

 side of my boundary-wall, and the specimen may have come from it. — 

 J. H. Leech ; 29, Hyde Park Gate, S.W., July 10th, 1894. 



Sesia conopiformis, a Species new to Britain. — Yesterday I met 

 with a female specimen of S. conopiformis, Esp. (== nomadaformis, Lasp.) ; 

 it was beaten from buckthorn. This species differs from S. allantiformis 

 iu having three instead of two yellow rings round the abdomen, and is most 

 like 8. tipulmformis, but in that species the tuft is unicolorous. A very 

 distinguishing mark is — femora violaceo-nigra. Staudinger gives 8. conopi- 

 formis as being found in Germany, Belgium, and France. — C. W. Dale ; 

 Glanvilles Wootton, July 20th, 1894. 



Pieris daplidice in Surrey. — On Saturday, the 7th inst., I had the 

 very good fortune to take a male specimen of the rare Pieris daplidice at 

 Addiugton, near Croydon. It is a perfectly fresh specimen, and T think 

 must have emerged from the chrysalis that very morning. — Norman H. 

 Joy; Manor Road House, Beckenham, July 9th, 1894. 



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