114 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
I myself took the insect freely at Loughton, near the “‘ Robin Hood,” 
May 15th to August 29th, 1871, after which I left the neighbourhood, 
and Hneland. I find it in my Brentwood list, 1884-90, but it is absent 
from my records of Rainham, 1890-97, and I have never seen it at 
Mucking, 1897 to the present date. I collected for some years the 
woods near Ipswich, but never saw it there, unless my diary fails me. 
I may add, that during my 18 years at Mucking I have not seen P. 
megaera. 
J OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 
ABERRATION oF PuEBEIUS anGon.—A striking aberration of Plebetus 
aeyon male was exhibited at the Entomological Society of France on 
February 23rd. On the upperside both fore- and hindwings haye 
a whitish submarginal band ; the discoidal spots are formed of white 
lunules ; the general tint is of a clear violet; the whitish band includes 
a series of black submarginal spots. On the underside, the arrange- 
ment of the spots and lunules is the same; the submarginal spots are 
bordered interiorly with orange-yellow spots ; the basal area is bluish ; 
the ground colour is greyish. On the lower wings, near the base, is a 
series of circular white blotches.—H.J.T. 
SaLe or THE Coutuection or Mussrs. FE. H. ann EH. A. WatErnHouss. 
—On April 18th there was sold at Stevens’s Rooms the collection of 
British Lepidoptera formed by the above named gentlemen; and 
especial interest attaches to the sale because it was the first one of any 
importance that has taken place since the war broke out, and conse- 
quently afforded an indication of the influence of this event on prices 
realised. The specimens were many of them old, and almost without 
exception data were wanting. Lot 2 was an amazing one; it was 
described in the catalogue as “ Colias erate ? caught by Frank A. Baley 
on Wimbledon Commun, August, 1892.” The query did not seem to 
lie with the species, for as far as I could see it was a genuine male C. 
erate; but it most certainly was a query how it got to fly on Wimble- 
don Common. I believe the nearest locality to London in which C. 
erate occurs normally is the vicinity of Constantinople, where Mr. P. P. 
Graves turned it up a few years ago. It is not, however until the 
Russian Steppes are reached that it becomes really abundant. The 
male of this species can certainly fly very strongly, but a flight of some 
three thousand miles seems improbable, to say the least of it, in the 
case of a non-migratory species, which | believe C. erate is. ‘The price 
reached was 11s., about twenty times the value of a Russian specimen, 
and about a twentieth of the value, one would suppose, of a true 
Britisher. Of course the bona fides of the Messrs. Waterhouse is un- 
questionable and unquestioned. It is to be remembered that 1892 was 
a CU. hyale year; but it is not possible that any form of this species 
should be mistaken for the male of C. erate. Two specimens of 
Hiuvanessa antiopa, taken in Yorkshire, fetched 22s. each; but one 
believed to be taken in Suffolk, with other species, only fetched 8s. A 
fine variety of Pyramets atalanta only fetched 14s. There were three 
specimens of Chrysophanus dispar. A fine male and female, which 
realised £5 and £6 6s. respectively; and a male underside which 
changed hands at 40s. only. A good underside aberration of Agriades 
thetis, with other specimens, reached 16s., and a fine streaked Polyom- 
