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scens, sold for 9/-, and one of 95, in which was included var. suffusa 

 and othex's, 6/- ; another lot of 115 specimens, containing among 

 them Leucania lithargyria \ax.imllida, and many vars. of L. impura, 

 brought only 3/- ; while some 132 specimens, among which were 

 included Xylophasia rurea vars. nigroruhida, ochrea, Jiavo-rufa, inter- 

 media, and many others, sold for 4/-. Even the carefully worked-out 

 series of Agrotis tritici, &c., failed to raise any enthusiasm, and after 

 the first two lots offered fetching 7/- and 9/- respectively, prices 

 dwindled again to the 4/- and 5/- level, and the climax was reached 

 when the last five lots of the Noctuae offered had to be lumped 

 together to find a buyer at 3/- for 513 specimens of Anchocelis, 

 &c., although simply bristling with named forms. Such a state of 

 things gives pause for reflection ; possibly the specimens were not 

 all in the finest possible condition, but even, then, have they not some 

 historic value '? 



Some other portions of the collection fared better. Four lots of four 

 each of Drepana sicula [harpagida) brought from 30/- to 37/6 per lot, 

 one of three 25/-, while others in perhaps not quite such good order, 

 and sold in lots with other species, realized somewhat lower prices. 

 A pair of Gluphisia crenata, to which the only datum was " Bucks," 

 sold, with some 60 other specimens, for 10/- ; Notodonta trilophus 

 (Berwickshire, 1878), with others, 18/- ; Bryopliila algce (Hastings, 

 1873), in a lot of 57 specimens, 8/- ; and a very pale form of Acro- 

 nycta auricoma, which, by the way, did not appear to have any 

 special varietal name attached to it, sold, with eight others and five 

 A. myricce, for 24/-. Two lots of Acronycta strigosa of eleven each, 

 of which six were bred from ova, realized 26/- per lot ; a specimen 

 of Tapinostola extrema (Isle of Wight, Sept. 1889), with some eighty 

 other specimens, 21/-, and three lots of Apamea connexa (Kotherham 

 and Barnsley, 1881-7), sold in lots of twelve for 32/6, twelve for 28/-, 

 and nine for 24/-; while a lot of twenty Agrotis obsciira (ravida), 

 nine A. simulans (pyrophila), and sixteen others, brought 16/-, and 

 three passable specimens of Noctua subrosea realized just 30/-. 



Among the Continental Erebias offered at the same time, a dozen 

 specimens of Erebia pcdarica, Chapman, put up in lots of three each, 

 realized from 16/- to 20/- per lot, but none of the other species 

 appeared to attract any great amount of attention — indeed, it was 

 found impossible to place some of the lots offered. We under- 

 stand that a further portion of the collection will be offered in the 

 autumn, when it is to be hoped a greater amount of interest may be 

 exhibited. — R. A. 



The well-known collection of British Lepidoptera formed by Mr. 

 S. J. Capper, of Liverpool, has been privately purchased and been 

 placed with Mr. Newman, of Bexley, for disposal. The collection is 

 rich in varieties, and contains most of the "extinct species" ; some 

 few of the aberrations have already found their way into other 

 collections, but there are still many interesting forms awaiting a new 

 home. — E. A. 



Surrey Orthoptera. — Mr. J. G. Dalgliesh, of Midhurst, sends 

 me the following addition to my list {antea, p. 51). Unless otherwise 



