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and had to be coupled with others to effect a sale, others, described 

 by the auctioneer as " choice forms," soon ran up to tall figures. 

 Agriades corydon, " a very black male," made £10, three gynandro- 

 morphs £7, £7 and £5 10s., a dark leaden-blue male £4, and one with 

 large white submarginal blotches £6. A. bellargus, lilac-blue males, 

 brought £3, £2 15s. and £2, a gynandromorph, " right side male, left 

 streaked male and female," £12 10s., a rich blue female £8, an under- 

 side " white with broad black streaks in fore wings " £11, and another 

 streaked form £4. Well-marked undersides of Polyommatns icarus 

 made £3, £-4 and £6 10s., " hermaphrodites " in lots of three from 26s. 

 to £4 10s. per lot, and a lot of twenty-seven specimens including two 

 lilac-blue forms £4. A lot of five Plebcius cegon in which two " her- 

 maphrodites " were included brought £9 10s., and a lot of two Augi- 

 ades comma, one a cream-coloured male and the other an underside 

 with only two white dots, £8 10s. Among the Geometers a suffused 

 dark Venilia macularia made £7 10s., one with yellow spots on disc 

 £7, a lot of three " blotched vars." £3 5s., one of three " near qiiadri- 

 maculata " £2 10s., and another of two £3. A melanic Selenia tetra- 

 lunaria {illustraria) sold for £4 10s., a lot of four Crocalis elinguaria 

 including unicolorous, black and smokey-black forms for 50s., a lot of 

 five Thavinonovia icauaria (wavaria) including a black form for £2 15s., 

 a black Cabera pusaria 42s., and another similar 21s., a black 

 Xanthorhac montanata in a lot with two others 45s. the lot, a suffused 

 streaked Mesoleuca albicillata £6, and one similar £3 5s. Two white 

 specimens of Abraxas grossulariata ran up to £16 5s. M. and £18 7s. 6f/. 

 respectively, a white with faint yellow markings £7, and a white with 

 black spots £10 10s., but the more ordinary forms in a long series 

 failed to rise above a few shillings. Of the species coming under the 

 category of rarities as distinct from varieties male Chrysophanus 

 dispar made from £2 to £8 apiece and females from £2 5s. to £10, 

 and Nomiades semiargiis (acis) from 45s. for a lot of seven to £4 for 

 two fine specimens with full data. Cleora angularia [vidiiaria) in 

 lots of two went for 30s. to 65s. per lot, Parascotia fuliginaria from 

 5s. to 20s. each, Acidalia im-ochraria 28s. and 37s. M. per couple, 

 A. herbariata 8s. to 20s. apiece, and .4. circeUata 6s. to £1 the half- 

 dozen. The total produced by the day's sale was just over £700, to 

 which the portion of the butterflies included in it contributed nearly 

 £500. A further portion of the collection will be offered on Tuesday, 

 February 10th, 1920.— E. A. 



Antheoceea exulans not in Shetlands. — In Mr. Eowland- 

 Brown's interesting article on A. achiUecB in the October number 

 reference is made to the North Shetlands as a locality for .4. exulans. 

 Through Mr. Sheldon some further information regarding the 

 specimens supposed to have been taken in this locality has been 

 obtained which indicates quite definitely that they have been incor- 

 rectly labelled. The specimens in question were obtained l)y me at 

 a sale at Stevens', and amongst a few labeUed Braemar or 

 Aberdeenshire and various years were three specimens labelled in 

 the same handwriting, " N. Shetlands, 1908. k. E. Cannon." Mr. 

 Sheldon has, however, discussed this matter with Mr. A. Home, of 

 Aberdeen, who states that all the captures of A. E. Cannon at Unst, 



