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but the next lot, which comprised another aberration (1st fig., I.e.), 

 one very dark example and four other M. galatea, with some Erehia 

 blandina, commanded £7. 



An almost unicolorous orange variety of Pnrarge viegm-a sold^ for 

 £5 ; whilst a lot containing five Epinephele ianira, " with curious 

 colourless patches," and an example of E. tithonus without ocelli, went 

 for £1 5s. A unicolorous light brown variety of K. ianira realized 

 £2 10s. A cream-coloured aberration of the same species brought £4. 

 A variety of E. tithonus with costa and margins of fore wings lighter 

 than the disc (Ashburton, 1864). ran the bidding up to £5 10s. ; 

 whilst an "exceptionally fine white" aberration of the same species 

 went for £1 12s. 6d. 



Three varieties of Chrysophanus phlceas, which were put up sepa- 

 rately, produced a total of £10 15s. ; the prices were £1 15s. for an 

 exceptionally fine dark example, £4 for a fine silver specimen (var. 

 schmidtii), and £5 for a " magnificent golden variety." 



An aberration of Lycana icarus, described as a " remarkable under- 

 side var.," sold for £2 10s. A double lot of fifty-three L. icarus and 

 L. adonis, including a " curious buff var." and four under-side vars. of 

 the latter species, was disposed of for £2 10s. 



A lot of " skippers," including a silvery variety of Hesperia comma, 

 brought £1 10s. 



Gy andromorphous Specimens. 



Colias edusa : male on the left side, female on the right, £3 lOs. 



Thecla qtiercns : male on the right side, female on the left, £3 15s. 



Lyca;na icarus [alexis) : male on the right side, female on the left, £3. 



(To be continued.) 



Deagonflies congregating at Seaside. — On the first Monday in 

 October last, a warm sunny morning, I was on the new pier at Brighton, 

 and noticed a number of dragonflies — possibly two or three hundred — 

 basking in the sun on the shelters and elsewhere. The distance from 

 fresh water, two or three miles, seemed strange to me. I had no 

 means of securing a specimen to be certain which species it was, but 

 think it would most probably be Syvqyetrum striolatum. I may add 

 that the insects did not appear to be coming or going. Just as I say 

 — basking in the sun on the band-stand, &c.- — (Mrs.) Alice Trollope ; 

 Hawthorndene, Tunbridge Wells, March 19th. 



Lyc^na corydon var. fowleei. — It may be worth noting that a 

 male specimen of this variety, which my brother and I possess, 

 is without the black dots on the outer margin of the hind wings, 

 which are depicted in the plate and also mentioned in Mr. South's 

 description [vide p. 104) ; the insect thus having a white border 

 interrupted only by the black nervules. — Fred. G. Bellamy; Eing- 

 wood, April 6th, 1900. 



Alien Earwigs established at Bow. — At the end of March, while 

 searching for beetles amongst a store of boxes in some soap-works at 

 Bow, in the east end of Loudon, Mr. E. C. Bedwell found two species 

 of earwig. Although not particularly interested in the order to which 

 they belong, he secured a, few specimens. They turn out to belong to 



