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Bournemouth, the Isle of Portland, and the Chesil Beach, in the 

 counties of Hants and Dorset"; whilst I find no mention of it in 

 the ' Victoria County History of Devonshire.' — C. Granville 

 Clutteebuck, F.E.S. ; Heathside, Heathville Eoad, Gloucester, 

 March 15th, 1909. 



Eecent Sales of Lepidopteea at "Stevens's." — The first por- 

 tion of the valuable collection formed by the late T. Maddison, Esq., 

 of Durham, was offered in six hundred lots on February 23rd and 24th 

 last. It embraced a large number of aberrations, and for many of 

 these there was keen competition among bidders. Thirteen varieties 

 alone realized a total of £103, made up as under: — 



Gonepteryx rhamni, a specimen with the disc of the wings of a 

 dull orange colour. £6 10s. 



A superb rayed variety of Argynnis paijhia, female ; fore wings, 

 except base, very dark and suffused, the under side of hind wings 

 with base and margins silvery, central fascia green (New Forest, 

 July, 1899). £8. 



A female of A. aglaia ; hind wings with broad dark bands, from 

 which rays extend to margin (from the Linnean coll.). £9 10s. 



A. eiiphrosyne. — A unicolorous tawny orange var. ; dark markings 

 obsolete, except at base of wings (Abbot's Wood, 1897). £9. 



Melitcsa athalia. — A very unusual aberration ; obscure, with 

 central band of pale spots on under side of hind wings; (Abbot's 

 Wood). £9. 



A black variety of Vanessa antiopa, with outer costal blotch obso- 

 lete (Sherburn, August, 1892). £7. 



A remarkable aberration of Vanessa polychloros ; margin irrorated, 

 costal blotches united (New Forest, June, 1902). £7 10s. 



A very fine dark variety of Apatura iris ; white markings almost 

 absent (from the Stevens coll.). £7. 



The fine aberration of Epinephele tithonus figured in the ' Ento- 

 mologist ' for October, 1897. £8 10s. 



A golden brown male specimen of E. ianira (Polegate, June ; 

 Entom. xviii. 320). £6. 



A specimen of Arctia caia, with the fore wings brown shading to 

 lighter, and the hind wings entirely deep yellow (bred, Liverpool, 

 1905), secured the highest bid of the sale, £13. 



An exceptionally dark aberration of A. caia, with the hind wings 

 almost entirely shiny black (from Mason's coll.). £6. 



A black male Dicranura vinula (Scarborough, 1898), with two 

 other aberrations of the same species. £6. 



(To be concluded.) 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Laev^ or Lepidopteba in November. — Is it a recognized 

 entomological device for collecting larvae in autumn to beat the heaps 

 of bracken cut for fodder over a tray ? By doing so in November last 

 year I took an extraordinary number of larvae, including about four 

 hundred Phragmatobia fuliginosa, and some Parasemia plantaginis, 



