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"a curious gynandromorphous specimen" of Gonepteryx rhamni, 

 which soon ran up to £4 5s. ; then came several nice Argynnis selene, 

 among which "a remarkable variety both on upper and under sides" 

 brought £3 5s. ; a fine pale variety, £2; a heavily blotched specimen, 

 £4 8s.; "an extraordinary dark variety," £5 10s.; a black-dusted 

 Sutherlandshire specimen, £4; a rayed under side (figured in South's 

 ' Butterflies,' pi. 56, fig. 3), £5 ; and one with black spots united into 

 a band on both wings (fig. 2 of same plate), £1 Is. ; while a very fine 

 dark A. aglaia, also figured, pi. 61, fig. 5, of same work, reached just 

 £9. A " silvery- white variety " of Vanessa nrticcs sold for £3, and 

 two with costal blotches broadly confluent realized £2 5s. and £2 10s. 

 respectively ; while a fine black Limenitis sihylla brought £1 10s., 

 and one equally fine, but with the band not completely obscured on 

 the fore wings, £1. A fine unicolorous Einnephele ianira made 

 £1 6s. ; "a fine white variety" of Satyrus seviele, £3 3s. ; a fine dark 

 male and one very pale, £2 5s. the two ; and two lots of three each 

 of E. hyperanthes, in which one had large streaked ocelli, and the 

 other two were var. arete, £2 and £1 15s. per lot. Among the 

 "blues" the more remarkable forms were a leaden-coloured male 

 Lyccena adonis, which brought £2 12s. 6d., and underside aberrations 

 of the same species, of which one with the ground colour white sold 

 for £2 ; one with broad black streaks on fore wing, and an almost spot- 

 less male, £2 2s. the two. Ten specimens of Ghrysophanus dispar, 

 put up singly, realized from £3 7s. 6d. to £1 10s. each ; and five 

 specimens of Lycana acis, sold in two lots, brought an average of 

 just over 9s. per specimen ; the total realized for the butterflies laeing 

 within a few shillings of £160. 



Among the more interesting lots of moths was a series of ten 

 specimens of Svierinthus tilicB (figured in the 'Entomologists' Eecord,' 

 vol. i. pi. A, and described p. 327), which brought £5 10s., two other 

 series of thirteen each of varied specimens of the same species 

 realizing £2 7s. 6d. and £4 per lot ; a series of six specimens of 

 Sarrothripus revayana, which included Curtis's type-specimen of var. 

 stonanus, and five var. ramidaniis, one of the specimens also being 

 Curtis's type, brought £3 the lot ; while for four other lots of the 

 same species, varying in number from sixty-six to eighty-three 

 specimens, each containing many distinct forms, and the whole 

 comprising the material for the revision of the species that Mr. Clark 

 had in hand at the time of his death, prices ranging from £1 7s. to 

 £1 per lot were obtained. 



A fine dark variety of Sphinx ligustri sold for £3 10s. The four 

 best varieties of Arctia cala, put up singly, brought £8 8s., £8 8s., 

 £6, and £4 15s. each respectively ; and for half a dozen single speci- 

 mens of A. villica, all being good forms, prices of £2 15s., £2 5s., 

 £2 2s., £1 6s., £1 Is., and £1 Is. each were obtained. A lot of 

 twenty-two Spilosoma vieyidica, which included "a nearly white male 

 but with costa and cilia of fore wings blackish," and one var. rustica, 

 realized £2 2s., and a specimen of S. menthastri approaching var. 

 ivalkeri with three others £1 Is., while a somewhat similar lot 

 reached only 10s. Three specimens of Zeuzera cbscuU having the 

 spots large and confluent, each put in a separate lot with others, 

 brought £1 4s., £2, and £3 15s., respectively, per lot ; a dark variety 



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