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and. a $ Goneptertjx rhamni with darkened nervures, £2 7s. 6d.; a 

 gynandromorphous example of Colias editsa, £3 10s. ; aberrations of 

 Vryaa paphia, £8, £4 10s., £2 10s., £1; aberrations oi Anji/nnis (ujlaia, 

 £1 Is., £2 10s., £5 5s. (ab. chaiiotta) ; aberrations of A. adippe, 

 £6 16s. 6d., £3 10s., £3 5s., £3 ; A. lathonia, lis., 32s. 6d., 35s., 10s. 

 per pair — whilst tAVO of Parry's discredited A. niohe and an A. lathonia 

 from the same source, fetched 16s. ; aberrations of Brenthis euphrosyne 

 went for £4 10s., £2 5s., £6, £1 ; and the Mditaea athalia ab. eos 

 (Haworth's type), £6 10. ; I'Aii-ancssa antiopa produced 12s. (two), 

 18s. (two), 20s., 16s., 7s., l^Os., 20s. for single specimens; an aberration 

 -of Vanessa in, £5, one of Pyanwis atalanta, £5 10s., and two of P. 

 cardid, £6 10.3. and £8 respecdvely ; a "black " aberration of Limenitis 

 Sibylla went for 37s. 6d., another for 63s., and a fine light aberration 

 of Mekmaryia yalathea, £7; an aberration of Pararye vteyaera, £5, and 

 two of Kpinephele ianira, £2 10s. and £4, whilst two of E. tithonus 

 reached £5 10s. and 32s. 6d. ; a gynandromorphous Zcphyrus quercits, 

 £3 15s. ; Chri/sophauHs dispar produced, per specimen, £2, £4, £8, £6, 

 £5 15s., £5, £6 5s., £6, £5 15s., £4, £5 5s., £4 15s., £5, £5, whilst 

 .aberrations of C. phlaeas Avent for 35s., £5 5s., £4 ; a remarkable 

 underside aberration of Polyoininattix icants for 50s., and a gynandro- 

 morphous example for £3 ; Nouiiades semiaryiis (in sets of six) Avent 

 for 50s., 35s., 35s., and the three lots of Hesperids for 67s. ; a fine 

 aberration of CalUinorpha domimda fetched £5 10s., and Arctla caia, 

 20s., 12s., 12s., 55s. (three), 35s. (three), 42s. (tAvo), 803. (two), 40s. 

 (three), 20s. (four), whilst an A. rillica Avent up to £4 10s. ; Ladia 

 caenosa for pairs produced 30s., 35s., 37s. 6d., 40s., 40s.; (iastropacha 

 ilicifolia for pairs, 42s., 42s., 60s., and Cerura hicuspis, 18s. (tAVo), 20s. 

 (three), 21s. (three), 21s. (three), Avhilst another of Bouchard's Killar- 

 ney Notodonta hicolor produced 40s. Small lots of Psychids usually 

 produce good prices, but these ran, 7s., 10s., 20s., 12s., 12s., 7s., 10s., 

 18s. Most of the other insects ran into good figures — Ayrotissnbrosea, 

 40s., 75s., 84s., 60s., 90s., 85s., 85s., 75s., 75s., 75s., for single speci- 

 mens, and Pnphyynm e.viyua at, 22s. and 16s. may be mentioned, and 

 tAVO Hydrilla paliistris produced 37s. 6d., AA^hilst 80s. Avas gi\-en for two 

 (Jnjmodes e.rnlis (Unst), and 14s. and 30s. each for Xylena zinckenii ; 

 Cucidlia ynaphaUi brought 28s. and 22s. per pair, a Micra ostrina 24s., 

 and two 21. parva 22s., Avhilst a specimen of Ophidcres lunaris Avent 

 for 28s., and Catocala fraxini, 8s., 13s., 15s. and 6s. apiece; Clcora 

 vidiiaria, 35s., 42s., 45s., 47s. 6d., 50s. per pair, and Avhilst one 

 understands the 52s. 6d. (three), and 20s. (tAvo), giA'en for " Williams' " 

 Boletohia fnliyinaria, AA^e suspected no one AA'ould haA-e giA-en big prices 

 for the "cellar" specimens. Abraxas yrossulariata produced 45s., 

 50s., 35s., 35s. and 42s., for single examples, and tAvo P/iibalaptn-yx 

 ■aqiiata (a second Avas eA^dently found in the collection after Mr. 13oAver 

 saw it), 25s.; Cidaria reticulata produced, 12s., 30s., 30s. and 30s. per pair, 

 and one asymmetrical aberration 70s., Avhilst Avith Drepana Jiarpayula 

 at 32s. 6d., 35s. and 37s. 6d. per pair, aa'c must bring our brief summary 

 to a close. We understand that many lots AA'ere purchased on 

 commission for continental lepidopterists. Surely A'ery rare aberrations 

 are Avorth as much to British as to foreign collectors. 



Mr. ElAves and Mrs. Nicholl start for a collecting trip to the Levant 

 about April 15th. The former has been greatly in need of a keen 

 iirst-class lepidopterist to accompany him on this trip, especially to 



