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the glass, serving as a window, being only slightly obscured l)y the 

 flimsy silk lining spun over it. In the three cases where direct 

 observation was possible, the pupa was formed in six to .seven days 

 after the larva had fashioned its habitation. — Eichard South. 



A. PAPHiA var. VALESINA. — Of seventy-seven specimens of Ar- 

 gynnis ^mi^hia bred this year from ova obtained from a New Forest 

 specimen of valesina (male unknown), forty-one emerged type males, 

 twenty-three type females, thirteen var. valesma. Unfortunately I 

 was unsuccessful in obtaining a pairing, as it would be interesting 

 to know what percentage of valesma would be produced when the 

 male was bred from a valesina parent. — E. C. Joy : 2, St, Kilda's 

 Road, Stoke Newington, London, W. 



Aberration of Arctia caia. — A striking aberration of Arctia 

 caia was bred from a larva (found by her near her house) by Mrs. 

 Gilbert Humphry, of West Wittering, near Chichester, in July last. 

 The specimen is asymmetrical. The right fore wing is almost 

 entirely brown, whilst the left has the markings clearly indicated. 

 The hind wings are of a unicolorous dark shade, though the dark 

 spots are visible. The moth much resembles the specimen (No. 3) 

 figured in Newman's ' History of British Moths.' — Joseph Ander- 

 son ; Chichester. 



AciDALiA degeneraria. — In connection with the note on this 

 moth ('Entomologist,' antea, p. 280), perhaps the following remarks 

 on its occurrence in the Isle of Portland many years ago may 

 be of interest : — " 1854, from July 2nd to the 11th twenty-four 

 specimens were taken by myself and thirty-five by the late Mr. 

 Frederick Bond. By the 11th of July they had become worn and 

 shabby. In the following year, 1855, from July 3rd to 25th, one 

 hundred and forty-four were taken by myself, and thirty-six by my 

 cousin (the late Eev. H. Adair Pickard). By the 11th of July, in 

 this year, the moth had, as in the previous year, become worn and 

 shabby, but suddenly, just after that date, an entirely fresh brood 

 appeared to have come out, and the greater number of the hundred 

 and forty-four I obtained were from that time to July 25th, when 

 the specimens were still in fair condition. I noticed particularly that 

 the purplish bands in this second brood were, as a rule, of a more 

 dull and dusky hue than in the first ; though in the first brood the 

 brightest coloured and largest specimens occurred." — O. Pickard- 

 Cambridge ; Bloxworth Rectory, November 17th, 1909. 



The Clark Collection. — The first portion of the collection of 

 British Lepidoptera formed by the late Mr. J. A. Clark was dispersed 

 at auction at Stevens's Rooms on Tuesday and Wednesday, Novem- 

 ber 2nd and 3rd. The specimens were, as a rule, in good condition, 

 but, except in the case of good varieties or rare species, generally 

 without data. Competition for the better lots was keen, several of 

 those present at the sale evidently being bent upon securing some of 

 the more unusual forms, in which the collection was particularly 

 rich, with the result that the two days' sale realized a total of approxi- 

 mately four hundred pounds. Among the more important lots, 



