FOR SALE. 



THE LARGE AND IMPORTANT 



Collection of Rhopalocera 



FORMED BY 



JOHN HEN.RY LEECH, Esq. 



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THIS COLLECTION comprises over EIGHTEEN THOUSAND 

 SPECIMENS and ELEVEN HUNDRED SPECIES from the Pal^arctic 

 Region, including the Manschurian sub-Region of Wallace, and the North- 

 west Himalayas. It embraces nearly FOUR HUNDRED and TWENTY 

 male and female TYPES, representmg TWO HUNDRED and TWENTY-ONE 

 SPECIES, together with over ELEVEN HUNDRED CO-TYPES. A large 

 majority of these species are not represented in any other collection. 



The Collection includes 703 specimens of Parnassius, 728 of Papilio, 

 and 832 of Colias. An extensive range of variation is shown in most of 

 the polymorphic species, and there are complete series of gradations between 

 types, local races, and seasonal forms. 



Practically the whole of the Chinese species described by Oberthiir, 

 many of which are exceedingly rare in collections, are represented, as also 

 is nearly every species recorded from Central Asia and Amurland. 



In amassing this Collection trained collectors were sent out to the 

 Canary Islands, Madeira, and Syria ; to the North-west Himalayas for a 

 period of four years ; and to China and Japan for five years. In conjunction 

 with the work of European collectors, a large number of natives were 

 employed in Eastern Asia. 



With regard to European species the Collection is almost unrivalled, 

 several well-known Collections having been incorporated, among which was 

 that of the late Herr Miitzell, of Berlin, whose Collection was unparalleled 

 for varieties and aberrations. 



The specimens are in unusually fine condition ; and, as they were 

 prepared by the first setter of Lepidoptera in England, they exhibit a 

 uniformity foreign to most collections. 



For further particulars apply to Richard South, 149, Church Street, 

 King's Road, Chelsea, London, S.W. 



JAMES GARDNER^ 



MANUFACTURER of ALL KINDS of ENTOMOLOGICAL APPARATUS, 



29 (late 426), OXFORD STREET 

 (Nearly opposite Tottenham Court Road). 



PRICED LISTS ON APPLICATION. 



All Articles Qnarauteed ; exchanged if not approved of. Frieude and Castomerg 

 are requested to note the Address, as mistakes occur daily. 



