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series of Leucania favicolor, including yellow, reddish ochreous, and 

 red forms, were offered in five lots, and made £3 17s. Eight Tapino- 

 stola concolor (Hunts) and sixteen Nonagria "neurica" (Cambs),with 

 other things, went for 23/-. A similar lot of T. concolor, with twelve 

 "neurica," five of which were melanic (from Horning), made 37/6. 

 Two examples of L^tperina clumerilii (Eainham, 1895, ex Burney 

 coll.), put up with sixty specimens of other species, were sold for 

 6/-. Six Cnjmodes exulis from Shetland, sold in couples, realized 

 97/6 ; and four others from Rannoch (var. assimilis), 63/- ; two from 

 Perthshire and one from Unst made 45/- ; five others from Unst, 

 with series of ahjecta and furva, sold for 46/-. 



A specimen of Hydrilla palustris from Wicken Fen, together with 

 an example (ex coll. Hodgkinson), made 20/- ; two others, one of 

 which was from Cambridge, 20/- ; and a pair (female, Ringwood, 

 Hants), 16/-. 



The collection of British Lepidoptera formed by Mr. C. H. Schill, 

 and also that of Mr. A. M. Smallpiece, were sold on January 26th 

 last. In the first-named collection there were four specimens of 

 Chrysophanus dispar, one of which, a large female, made 80/-, a large 

 male sold for five shillings less ; a male (Tugwell coll.) went for 40/-, 

 and another (Chapell coll.) 22/-. One pair of L. coenosa made 30/-, 

 and another pair 14/-. An unusually tine male specimen of N. suh- 

 rosea realized £5. The most important items in the Smallpiece 

 collection were :— Two aberrations of Argynnis papJiia, reared by 

 L. W. Newman in 1908 from New Forest ova; the male made 40/-, and 

 the female £5. A very rubbed black ab. of Limenitis sihylla sold 

 for 7/-. Four examples of Leucania vitellina (Kent, Devon, and 

 Brighton), 19/-. Ten Caradrina exigua sold at from 1/6 to 3/- each, 

 and eight A. alpina (Rannoch) 17/- the lot. Four fine Cry modes 

 exulis (Shetland) made 32/6 and 28/- per couple, and eight others 

 from the same locality, 46/-. Two Sussex specimens of G. gnaplialii 

 fetched 17/-. Of varieties of Abraxas grossulariata, the best five 

 brought in a total of 100/6. 



We are indebted to our colleague Mr. R. Adkin for the following : — 

 Yet another sale has been held, the collection of Lepidoptera formed 

 by the late Mr. J, Pardee being dispersed at Stevens's on March 23rd. 

 The specimens were as a rule in good condition, but for the most 

 part lacked data. The more notable lots included seventeen speci- 

 mens of Polyommatus dispar, which sold for a total of £38 8s., the 

 highest price obtained for single specimens being £5 for a fine female, 

 £3 15s. for a fine male, and £3 10s. for a fine under side male, and 

 the lowest, 16/-, for a rather poor male. A remarkably large and 

 fine specimen of Deiopeia pulchella, taken by Mr. W. J. Austen at 

 Folkestone, August 14th, 1892, brought 25/-, and two Crymodes 

 exulis, taken at Rannoch, £2 5s. Less authenticated specimens 

 brought poor prices ; thus lots 1, 2, and 3, each containing among 

 other species three specimens of Pieris daplidice, realized an average 

 of 4/- per lot ; eleven Argynnis latona brought a total of 10/-. Two 

 lots of fifty "blues," each including four Lyccena semiargus, sold for 

 3/- per lot; while five Deilephila euphorbice failed to find a bidder 

 until linked with three D. livornica, when they were knocked 

 down for 4/-. 



