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28/-, 28/-, and 35/- ; a light form from Shetland, 12/-. A specimen 

 of Luperina dumerili, one of the original ones from Portland Lighthouse, 

 fetched £2. Two male Hydnlla juilustris, 35/-, and a pair, £3, all 

 being taken by Dr. Wheeler at Wicken Fen 1877-1880. The Agrotis 

 ashworthii were fine and bred, and made about 2/6 each. The Noctua 

 subrosea were only middhng (how seldom one sees this in good con- 

 dition) ; pairs realised 16/-, 35/-, 21/-, and 20/-. 



Ou the 16th of July Mr. ISteveus disposed of a few odd lots of 

 British Lepidoptera, including a long series of Colias ediisa var. helice, 

 and other varieties, the ownership of which was not disclosed, but they 

 were believed to be the property of a well-known London dealer. Most 

 of the helice, I should imagine, were bought in. I bought a nearly 

 black Apatura iris for 3/- ; its price and appearance, however, I am 

 afraid, both point to a foreign origin. A fine Aryynnis a/jlaia, nearly 

 black, taken by Mr. Gulliver in 1893, fetched Mii 6s. ; and another 

 variety, even finer in condition, taken by Mr. Harper in the same year, 

 realised £8 10s., both specimens going to enrich possibly our finest 

 English collection. A beautiful streaked male, also in superb con- 

 dition, fetched £Q, a black Arctia caia £3 3s., and one with asymme- 

 trical fore wings 20/-. A female Chri/sophanits dispar, from Nash's 

 (query Naish) collection, 35/-; two females, in poor condition, 30/-; 

 and a pair, from Bennett's collection, 60/-. — Thos. Wm. Hall. 



CAPTUEES AND FIELD EEPORTS. 



Si'UJNX PiNASTRi IN SUFFOLK. — When driving through the fir woods 

 this afternoon 1 came across two examples of S. pinastri in nearly the same 

 place as I took some specimens in 189*2 and 1893. Last year we could 

 not find a single specimen. — Rendlesham ; Rendlesham, Woodbridge, 

 June 23rd, 1895. 



Deilephila LivouNiCA IN SussEX. — A curious incident has just 

 occurred. 1 had just been reading of the capture of D. Uvornica in Devon- 

 shire [ante, p. '2U0j, and to myself expressed aloud the desire to possess that 

 rare and beautiful species, when the gardener sent in to know if I would 

 go and see whether a large moth was worth catching that had been disturbed 

 whilst cutting the grass upon a bank of irises with a reaping-hook. Judge 

 of my surprise and gratification when I saw a fine large female D. Uvornica 

 settled upon the flint-wall in front of rae. In less than a minute 1 was the 

 fortunate possessor of the very insect I had five minutes before been wishing 

 to obtain. It is a fine female (as to size), though not in its freshest 

 garb, but is a very fair specimen. My gardener seems equally proud, as 

 now he says I cannot say he is always sending for me to come and catch a 

 "buff-lip" or " yellow-underwiug."-— Chas. E. Morris; Vernon Lodge, 

 Preston, Brighton, July 1st, 1894. 



Plusia moneta, &c., in Kent. — On the morning of June 24th one of 

 the servants brought me a fine specimen of Plusia moneta, which she had 

 found at rest on a window-curtain. It is a very large specimen, and 

 evidently freshly emerged, judging from its splendid condition. CuculUa 

 umbralica seems abnormally abundant this season in this district. They 



