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of Chcerocampa celerio 28/-. Of hybrid ocellatus-populi there were two 

 examples, and each of these, together with four 8. ocellatus, went for 

 20/-. Two yellow varieties of Zygcena jilipendula sold for 20/-. Arctia 

 villica is, as a rule, a fairly constant species, and such a range of 

 aberration as that shown in Mr. Mathew's series is probably rarely 

 seen in collections. The specimens numbered eighty-five in all, many 

 were exceedingly nice varieties, and some were remarkable examples. 

 Two, offered singly, realized 42/- and 65/- each ; whilst several pairs 

 were disposed of at from 35/- to 85/- per pair. Two lots, each com- 

 prising four of the old Cambridge specimens of Lymantria dispar and a 

 few aberrations of L. monacha, made 11/- and 15/- respectively. Three 

 fine dark forms of L. monacha sold for 28/-, but three others, perhaps 

 rather darker, went for rather less than half that sum. A lot of 

 twenty-six Malacosoma castrensis, including a nearly white female, 

 brought in £3. British specimens of Drepana sicula, of which there 

 were four specimens, seemed to be considered worth 10/- or 11/- 

 apiece ; but for the other species of Drepana the bidding was not keen. 

 Three bred specimens of Centra bicuspis from Tilgate Forest made 

 52/6, and two fine dark forms of Stauropus fagi 11/-. Hybrids from a 

 cross-pairing of Notodonta ziczac $ and N. dromedarius $ sold for 9/-, 

 10/-, and 12/- each. Two lots of Leucanias, in which the plums were 

 six, and five bred specimens of L. vitellina, made 35/- and 55/- per 

 lot; four typical L. albipuncta, with twenty-three examples of other 

 species, sold for 10/- ; but two lots, including four L. albipuncta var. 

 rufa in the one, and four var. grisea in the other, yielded 20/- and 

 35/-; a variety of L. stramlnea, with six other specimens of the same 

 species and eight L. impura, fetched 12/-, but for a similar lot, in- 

 cluding two varieties of L. straminea, the price ran up to two guineas. 

 Of L. favicolor no less than sixty-three specimens were offered, chiefly 

 in lots of four examples. The types from which Barrett described the 

 species sold for 24/-, and the cotype of ab. amea, Mathew, for 95- ; 

 three specimens of ab. lutea-typica, Tutt, made 57/6, and other named 

 forms sold in lots of four specimens at from 22/- to 50/- per lot. Senta 

 maHtima, with various named aberrations, and examples of other 

 species, went at 21/- a lot. One series of five Tapinostoia concolor 

 brought in 26/-, and another lot of five 30/-. Batches of six Irish and 

 Kentish Xonagria sjiarganii, with some N. typhce, found buyers at 22/- 

 and 30/-. Some curious forms of the Hydracia named paludis went in 

 lots of three dozen or more, at prices varying from 21/- up to 37/6. 

 There were several specimens of Hama {Mamestra) abjecta v. variegata, 

 which so closely resembles the variegated form of " Apamea" gemma, 

 but we only caught the price obtained in the case of one lot, in which 

 there were four examples of the variety ; this was 40/-. Eight fine 

 specimens of Agrotis hyperborea (alpina) reached 29/-, and three others, 

 with a nice variable series of Tatiiocampa incerta, went for 11/-. One 

 example of Orrhodia erythrocephala from Lewes (ex. coll. S. Stevens) 

 sold for 16/-. For Dianthacia luteago var. barrettii the price was about 

 4/- each, and, although eight specimens of Polia nigrocincta (five very 

 fine), with other things, went for 12/-, another lot of seven very fine 

 nigrocincta alone made 21/-. A lot of Aplectas, in which two examples 

 of A. nebulosa var. robsoni were included, were sold for 37/6. The sum 

 of 35/- was given for a specimen of Grymodes exulis from Rannoch. 



