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being just over £220. The other more important lots among varieties 

 iiichided one of five Strcnia clatJirata, of which two were very dark, 

 and one rayed, which made £3 10s. ; three Ematunja atomaria, of 

 which one was an almost nnicolorous pale form £5 ; and three /vo?;ia- 

 ^pilis viaiyinata, one wliite with black central band 50s. A deep pink 

 Dcilcphila euphorhue made £5 15s. ; a long lot of Zyga^na lonicerce, in 

 which were included a specimen all pink except margins and one 

 pale with hind-wing margins golden, Barrett, pi. lix, figs. 3b and 3c, £7 ; 

 n Seiita irrorrella witli outer third of fore wings black and with three 

 basal streaks £3 ; a lot of two Hypocrita jacohceiB, one yellow and the 

 other dusky, 45s. ; two black Callimoiyha dominula, one a bit of a rag 

 but the other a good specimen taken by the late Mr. S. Pmith, of 

 Walmer, Barrett, pi. Ixx, fig. le, 5 guineas ; a " hermaphrodite " Lasio- 

 campa quercus £6 10s. ; a similar Ocneria dispar 25s. ; a black Spilosoma 

 mentliastri and another dark with a streaked S. mendicn £4 the lot ; 

 a male Saturnia pavonia {carpini) without ocelli £12, and a " herma- 

 phrodite " £7 10s. ; and a black Acronycta stritfosa 5 guineas. But 

 there were plenty of cheap lots also even among the varieties ; two 

 Zygcena meliloti with red forewings, figured by Barrett, pi. lix, fig. lb, 

 in a lot of 105 specimens including several good confluent Z, trifolii 

 and others failed to go above 26s., and for a lot of thirty-three insects 

 in which was included a confluent spotted Zeuzera (bscuU, a by no 

 means common form, only 6s. was ob^'ained. Among the "rarities" 

 nineteen Sterrha sacraria made just over 4s. apiece ; a lot incduding 

 a dozen Madopa salicalis and one Pyralis lienigialis £2 2s. ; lots of 

 3 Dcilephila euphorbics and 4 D. galii 50s. ; 3 D. euphorbia, 3 D. galii 

 and 3 Phryxus livornica {lineata), 80s. ; 2 D. livornica and 6 D. galii 

 12s. ; 3 P. livornica and 2 Hippotion celerio, one bred, £9 ; 3 P. livor- 

 nica and 3 H. celerio, also one bred, £4 10s. ; 3 H. celerio and 2 Daphnis 

 nerii 16s., arid so on, the range in price possibly depending upon the 

 condition of the insects to some extent, but also upon the would-be 

 purcliaser's faith in the accompanying data. D e iope ia pulchella irmde 

 round about 10s. each on the average ; Epicnaptera ilicifolia sold 

 singly from M,3 10s. to 40s. ; the solitary Gluphisia crenata of the 

 collection, " Isle of Man, bred 1870," £3 10s. ; Lcelia coenosa from 

 10s. to 5s. each according to condition ; Drepana harpagula (sicula) 

 just over 7s. each on the average ; and the three Notodonta bicolor 

 £3 15s., £4 10s. and £6 10s. each. The total of the day's sale just 

 exceeded £550. The fourth portion of the collection will be offered 

 on Tuesday, March 9th. — R. A. 



Notes on Euchloe belemia, etc. — On p. 163 of the ' Ento- 

 mologist,' lii, Basra was by a mistake quoted as the locality for 

 Euchloii belemia and Zegris eiqjheme. It was on and near the Jebel 

 Qizil Robat, a low range of hills about 600 ft. elevation by the 

 R. Dyala, and some twenty miles from the Persian border of Meso- 

 potamia, where these two species were common last spring. Of 

 E. beleviia there were two very distinct broods : (1) January and 

 February or " wet season " form : Upperside — black markings 

 dense and bases of wings black ; underside — broad green bands 

 and narrow white ones. (2) March and April or "dry season" 

 form : Upperside — black markings less pronounced, bases of wings 



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