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the glass, serving as a window, being only slightly obscured by the 
flimsy silk lining spun over it. In the three cases where direct 
observation was possible, the pupa was formed in six to seven days 
after the larva had fashioned its habitation—RicHarp SoutH. 
A. PAPHIA var. VALESINA.—Of seventy-seven specimens of Ar- 
gynus paphia bred this year from ova obtained from a New Forest 
specimen of valesina (male unknown), forty-one emerged type males, 
twenty-three type females, thirteen var. valesina. Unfortunately I 
was unsuccessful in obtaining a pairing, as it would be interesting 
to know what percentage of valesina would be produced when the 
male was bred from a valesina parent.—H. C. Joy: 2, St, Kilda’s 
Road, Stoke Newington, London, W. 
ABERRATION OF ARCTIA CaIA.—A striking aberration of Arctia 
caia was bred from a larva (found by her near her house) by Mrs. 
Gilbert Humphry, of West Wittering, near Chichester, in July last. 
The specimen is asymmetrical. The right fore wing is almost 
entirely brown, whilst the left has the markings clearly indicated. 
The hind wings are of a unicolorous dark shade, though the dark 
spots are visible. The moth much resembles the specimen (No. 3) 
figured in Newman’s ‘ History of British Moths.’—JosppH ANDER- 
son; Chichester. 
ACIDALIA DEGENERARIA.—In connection with the note on this 
moth (‘ Entomologist,’ antea, p. 280), perhaps the following remarks 
on its occurrence in the Isle of Portland many years ago may 
be of interest :—‘ 1854, from July 2nd to the 11th twenty- -four 
specimens were taken by myself and thirty-five by the late Mr. 
Frederick Bond. By the 11th of July they had become worn and 
shabby. In the following year, 1855, from July 3rd to 25th, one 
hundred and forty-four were taken by myself, and thirty-six by my 
cousin (the late Rev. H. Adair Pickard). By the 11th of July, in 
this year, the moth had, as in the previous year, become worn and 
shabby, but suddenly, just after that date, an entirely fresh brood 
appeared to have come out, and the greater number of the hundred 
and forty-four I obtained were from that time to July 25th, when 
the specimens were still in fair condition. I noticed particularly that 
the purplish bands in this second brood were, as a rule, of a more 
dull and dusky hue than in the first; though in the first brood the 
brightest coloured and largest specimens occurred.’’—O. Pickarp- 
CAMBRIDGE ; Bloxworth Rectory, November 17th, 1909. 
THE CuarK CouuEection.—The first portion of the collection of 
British Lepidoptera formed by the late Mr. J. A. Clark was dispersed 
at auction at Stevens’s Rooms on Tuesday and Wednesday, Novem- 
ber 2nd and 3rd. The specimens were, as a rule, in good condition, 
but, except in the case of good varieties or rare species, generally 
without data. Competition for the better lots was keen, several of 
those present at the sale evidently being bent upon securing some of 
the more unusual forms, in which the collection was particularly 
rich, with the result that the two days’ sale realized a total of approxi- 
mately four hundred pounds. Among the more important lots, 
