156 . THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Lycana avion, of which species there were eighteen examples, found 

 purchasers at about 2s. 3d. each ; but the first lot of four specimens, 

 two of which were taken at Bude in 1895, sold for 14s. 



Varieties. 



A lot containing eighteen Euchloe cardamines, including a male 

 specimen without central spot and black tips to fore wings, and one 

 female example with the central spots much larger than usual, realized 

 je2 7s. 6d. 



An exceptionally fine rayed and suffused variety of Argynnis paphia 

 was sold for £3 ; another aberrant example of this species, with large 

 elongated submarginal spots, found a purchaser at £4 10s. ; a female 

 with large discal blotches, together with a colourless spotted male and 

 three other examples, brought £2 10s. 



A pair of dark specimens of Argynnis aglaia: the male, with rays 

 on the margin of hmd wings, was secured for an outlay of £2 10s. ; 

 whilst an example of var. charlotta, taken in the New Forest in 1870, 

 by the Rev. J. Watson, went for five guineas. 



A silvery variety of Argynnis adippe, from Dr. Harper's sale, was 

 evidently a desideratum, and the price given for it was £6 16s. 6d. ; 

 another specimen of this species, with the fore wings, except spot in 

 the cell, densely irrorated with black, brought £3 10s. ; a third example, 

 a female, with large confluent blotches on disc of the fore wings sold 

 for £3 5s. ; a fourth specimen, with the silver spots absent, realized £3. 



An aberration of Argynnis enphrosyne, taken at Darenth, described 

 as having " under side of fore wings with disc black and margin orange 

 with yellow rays, hind wings with silver spots elongated, central one 

 reaching margin," induced the bidding to mount up to the respectable 

 sum of £6 ; an example with under surface of hind wings as in the 

 specimen last referred to, and the upper surface of all the wings nearly 

 black, brought £1 10s. less ; a third variety, with almost black upper 

 surface and dark under surface, silver spots normal, sold for £2 5s. 



Lot 37, comprising thirteen specimens of Melitcea cinxia, including 

 one pale and other vars. ; the same number of M. athalia, " one with 

 light fore wings and dark hind wings {eos, Haw.)," was knocked down 

 at £6 10s. 



A variety of Vatiessa io, with the hind wiugs devoid of ocelli, 

 brought in £5 ; the aberration of V. atalanta figured in the ' Entomo- 

 logist ' for 1878 realized 10s. more ; the bidding for a variety of V. 

 cardtii, figured Lntom. vi. 345, did not cease until the sum of £6 10s. 

 had been offered ; but the price for another example of the last-named 

 species, similar to that figured in Newman's ' British Butterflies ' 

 (p. 64) went up £1 10s. higher. 



A black example of Limenitis sibylla was disposed of at £1 17s. 6d. ; 

 whilst another example, with the upper surface almost black and the 

 under surface dark, fetched 3 guineas. One dark variety of L. sibylla, 

 one example of Apatiira iris with white markings almost absent, and 

 other specimens of each species, were cleared at £1 10s. ; and the same 

 price was given for one very dark specimen of A. iris and three females 

 of the same species. 



Two examples of Melanargia galatea, both figured in the ' Entomo- 

 logist ' for 1876 (p. 193, 2nd and 3rd figs.), were sold for 2 guineas ; 



