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coming in this respect. This, however, can hardly be the case now 

 that process-work has been brought to such a high state of perfection." 



The Stevens Collection (concluded from p. 157). — Among the 

 Heterocera, the lots that realized noteworthy prices were the following : — 



Deilephila (/alii. Five specimens bred from larvfe found at Deal, 

 £1 ; three examples of the same species, with one D. lineata, taken at 

 Lewes in 1849, 18s. ; three /). galii and one D. lineata, the latter taken 

 in 1817 at Hammersmith, £1. Four other examples of D. lineata 

 ranged in price from 8s. to 16s. Three specimens of D. euphorhicB 

 made 10s., 16s., and 18s. respectively. Ohmrocampa celerio, of which 

 there were eight specimens, ranged in price from 6s. to £1 4s. 



One example of Sesia ajuirenifonais, with two specimens of S. sphe- 

 giformis added as a kind of makeweight, fetched 12s. Of *S'. tabaniformis 

 {vespifonnis) there were four specimens; two of these sold for 7s., 

 whilst the other couple went up to £1. 



There was nothing very special among the Zygaenidae or, as some 

 prefer to term them, the " Anthrocerides," but a lot of some thirty 

 Z. trifolii and Z. lonicerm, including six or seven decent aberrations 

 of the former species, realized £2 10s.; between 3s. and 4s. appeared 

 to be the value of yellow varieties of Z. filipendulm, of vsrhich there 

 were five examples. Two lots of twenty-four Nolas, each with six 

 examples of N. centonalis, including the white var., made £1 10s. the 

 lot. Considering the species that were included in the two lots con- 

 taining Lithosia sericea, the auction value of this species would seem 

 to be about 3s. or 4s. 



Nine specimens of Deiopeia pulchella were put up separately, and 

 produced a total of £4 14s., or, roughly, half a guinea apiece. One 

 example was dated 1848, one 1871, one 1873, four 1874, and one 1876. 



A fine black aberration of Callimorpha domimila, bred in 1872, sold 

 for £5 10s. Two nearly black varieties of Nemeophila plantuginis, 

 together with a female with red hind wings, and two examples of var. 

 hospita, fetched £4. 



There were about thirty more or less interesting varieties of Arctia 

 caia, and the best of these were disposed of at fairly good prices, 

 ranging from 12s. to £4 ; the latter sum was given for a specimen 

 somewhat similar to that figured in the ' Entomologist ' last month, 

 together with a dark variety. The best of the six or seven aberrations 

 of A. villica sold for £4 10s. ; this was a light variety with the spots 

 on fore wings confluent, and the hind wings almost devoid of spots. 



Lcclia ccenosa was represented by ten perfect specimens, and these 

 realized from £1 10s. to £2 per pair. 



Lasiocampa ilicifolia made 2 guineas per pair, for two pairs, and a 

 third pair was sold for £3. 



One example of Notodonta hicolor, taken by Mr. P. Bouchard at 

 Killarney in 1864, brought in £2 10s. 



One example of Bryophila algcB, bought at the sale of the Burney 

 Collection, together with some varieties of B. glandifera, including four 

 specimens of the form known as impar, was cleared for lis. 



Of Synia miisculosa there were three specimens, all from Brighton ; 

 one of these, with a Tiverton Leucania vitellina and some other things, 

 only fetched 10s. — -a fine specimen ; and two L. vitellina from Tiverton 



