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for this lot 50/- was given. A specimen of Chrysophanus phlocas, with 

 the hind wings entirely brown and the disc of the fore wings only 

 coppery, made five guineas. Four specimens of C. dispar ranged in 

 price from three guineas to five guineas, and a male of this extinct 

 butterfly, together with an example of the schmidtii form of C. phUcas, 

 went for £'2l. Five male and two female specimens of Lycccna acis 

 were sold for £o 15s. A black Limenitis sibylla, from Eeading, was 

 not dear at 30/-, the price at which it was bought. Six pounds sterling 

 was given for a specimen of Vanessa iirtica with black hind wings ; and 

 two guineas for a specimen of V. antiopa captured near Hastings in 

 September, 1889. Two other authenticated examples of the last-named 

 butterfly went for 14/- and 20/- each; while a specimen of Aryynnis 

 lathonia, taken at Dover in 1872, brought in 28/-. Three specimens 

 of Epinephele tithonus, one whitish, and one with extra ocelli, sold for 

 20/-. A parcel of forty-four "skippers," including two specimens of 

 Hesperia {jSyrichthus) alveiis from Norfolk, realized £2. An example of 

 HyloicHs pinastri, from Aldeburgh, sold for 25/- ; ten specimens of 

 Deilephila yalii made £3 2s. Qd., and one example of D. euphorbicB, 

 taken at King's Lynn in 1887 (G. G. B.), went for 45/-. There were 

 eleven specimens of Lalia ccenosa, and these realized £Q Os. 6d., the 

 highest price being 47/6 for a pair, and the lowest 18/- for four speci- 

 mens. Of Epicnaptera ilici folia there were two males and a female ; 

 the former sold at 21/- and 16/-, and the latter fetched 26/-. Two 

 males and a female of Drepana liarpagula [sicula) realized 61/-, and 

 two Cerura bicuspis, together with thirteen C. furcula, made 20/-. One 

 example of Leucodonta bicolor from Burnt Wood sold for 20/-. Four 

 lots, each comprising ten Acronycta alni and five A. striyosa, went for 

 21/-, 24/-, 22/-, and 21/-. Five examples of Noctua subrosea were 

 submitted in two lots, one of two specimens, the other of three speci- 

 mens ; each lot sold for 20/-. A specimen of tiadena satura, from 

 Readmg, with other things included, made 32/6. For three Shetland 

 specimens of Crymodes maiUardi {exults) the bidding ran up to 70/- ; 

 tne same number of Dianthcecia barrettii, including the original speci- 

 men, found a buyer at 45/-, whilst three others from Dublin made 

 only 16/- ; for another lot of three specimens, one of which was from 

 North Cornwall, and one bred from a larva, the price rose to 45/-. A 

 lot comprising five Ayrinpis aprilina, one without black markings, sold 

 for 30/-. Seventeen Nunayria aparyanii, put up in three lots of four 

 specimens and one lot of five examples, realized a total of £4 19s. 6d. 

 Two useful lots of Stnta maritima [ulca), each containing eleven speci- 

 mens, and including the typical and three named forms, made 11/- 

 per lot. The one example of Synia niuscniosa in the collection sold for 

 21/-; and a lot comprising three concolor among other things fetched 

 20/-. Leucania favicolor, the male and female types, made 20/- each, 

 but a reddish male fetched 24/-, and another male went for 22/-. Of 

 Fachnobia alpina there were a dozen specimens, and these were sold 

 in half-dozens at 20/- per lot. For two specimens of Hydnlla paiustris 

 2QJ- was given, wnilst 10/- bought a couple of Lapliyyma exiyiia. 

 Twelve specimens of Xylina conformis, from South Wales, were sold 

 in fours at 30/- for one lot, and 32/6 for each of the other lots. An 

 odd conformis with other species went for 21/-. There were two 

 specimens of Cucullia ynaphalii, and each of these made 14/-. A 



