16 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The Hodges and Harrison Collections. — On the 12th and 

 13th November last the collections of British Lepidoptera formed by 

 Mr. Albert J. Hodges and the late Mr. Albert Harrison were disposed 

 of at Stevens's Auction Booms. Both were modern collections, and 

 the specimens contained in them were practically all labelled with 

 more or less full data. In the Hodges collection, which was sold 

 first, there were several good varieties, and these attracted some little 

 attention ; thus, an exceptionally dark Argynnis aglaia brought 

 eleven guineas. A lot in which was included two pinkish forms of 

 Anthrocera filipendula and a yellow variety of Euchelia jacobcscs 

 realized 47/6; and another containing two yellow A. filipendula and 

 a confluent yellow .4. trifolii made three guineas; while an I VI variety 

 of Senta irrorella with an asymmetrical specimen and sundry other 

 species sold for a guinea. The two specimens of Abraxas grossu- 

 lariata that were figured in the 'Becord,' vol. iv. plate c, figs. 13 and 

 14, and which were catalogued as " magnificent varieties," caused 

 some spirited bidding, the one being knocked down at £6 10s., and 

 the other at £7. Among the rarer species two lots, each containing 

 two specimens of Sphinx pinastri with six S. convolvuli and three 

 or four Acherontia atropos, sold for 27/- each lot ; nine Leucania 

 albipuncta with three L. vitellina and other species for 30/- ; five 

 Hydrilla palustris for 65/- ; and two lots, each containing two fine 

 specimens of H. palustris with other species, for 42/- and 35/- each 

 lot. Drepana sicula (cultraria) sold in lots of two or three made 

 from 10/6 to 5/- a specimen, according to condition ; and Grymodes 

 exulis from 13/- to 8/- apiece ; while for Acidalia humiliate/,, one of 

 Mr. Hodges's specialities, sold in lots with about seventy other 

 Acidalias, brought for a lot containing a dozen 13/-, and for one 

 containing eight 11/-. 



The Harrison collection was remarkable for the perfection of the 

 specimens of which the long series were composed, and the exact 

 data with which they were accompanied, rather than for the rarity 

 of the species or any striking varieties, but many of the lots appeared 

 to attract a good deal of attention. Thus a lot containing twenty- 

 seven Pieris brassicce, some of the males of which had small discal 

 spots, and a couple of the females with the spots somewhat confluent, 

 together with thirty-five P. rapcB brought 28/-, and a similar lot 

 20/- ; lots of about one hundred P. rapce each realized, for one con- 

 taining a female with discal spots united, 35/-, and others 20/- and 

 16/- a lot. A series of forty-two Argynnis aglaia from North Corn- 

 wall sold for 24/-, lots of about seventy Melitcea aurinia from Kent, 

 North Wales, Ireland, &c, for 19/- to 20/-, and lots of about sixty 

 Eugonia polychloros and Aglais urticcB for 12/- to 18/- a lot. A 

 specimen of Plebeius agon, possibly hermaphrodite, included in a lot 

 of about sixty others, went for a guinea, and the fine series of 

 Lyccena avion, about thirty each, from North Cornwall, for from 20/- 

 to 23/- the series. A couple of " golden " males of Cosmotriclie, 

 potatoria took the lot in which they were included up to a guinea, 

 and another somewhat similar lot made 15/-. The interesting 

 series of Aplecta nebnlosa, chiefly bred from Delamere Forest, North 

 Cornwall, Epping Forest, and Argyleshire, and including some fine 



