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very conspicuous examples and went for a few shillings only, the only 
exception being a C. argiolus with whitish forewings which brought 
coe lose 
Twenty-five Polyommatus semiargus realised £17 6s., the best two 
pairs fetching 60s. and 80s. each. A long series of Agriades coridon 
now appeared, and many fine varieties were included. A pair of pale 
males fetched 60s. and a very dark or brown male £10. Three true 
gynandromorphs were sold each for £7, £7, £5 10s., but the last was 
in very poor condition, and none in the fine condition of the gynandro- 
morph of dgriades thetis (bellargus) sold later for £12 10s. A dark 
leaden blue male realised £4, and a fine female var. fowleri £6. 
Numerous other forms of this species were sold at prices varying from 
20s. to 63s. It was curious to note that no fine examples of var. 
fowleri except the one female (were included in the series), and there 
was only one gynandromorph of the type now so commonly taken in 
Herts. Recent years have seen great developments in obtaining 
aberrations of this species. Five of the once great rarity v. synyrapha 
only realised 20s., although they were quite historical specimens. A 
specimen of the Continental species Jorylas labelled Folkstone, 1863, 
was not very keenly sought after and only realised 25s. with another 
lot included. Aygriades thetis now claimed attention, and several 
beautifully coloured silvery-grey males could not be sold owing to their 
very poor condition and were included with a male having the outer 
half of wings dusky; with the aid of this specimen £6 was realised 
for the lot. A white underside, with broad black streaks on forewings, 
from the Bond collection, being in beautiful condition was keenly 
competed for and cost the buyer £11. A lilac-blue female figured by 
Barrett, pl. 138, reached £3, and a similar one and one dusky blue 
£2 15s. A leaden male figured in Barrett, pl. 138, only fetched £2. A — 
very rich blue female with dark marginal spots was bidden up to £8, 
and a female with blue hindwings and seven others were cheap at 24s. 
An underside with broad streaks on forewings figured in Barrett, pl. 
13, fetched £4, but was not in the best of condition. A very fine 
gynandromorph, one side being heavily shot with male coloration 
realised £12 10s. A pale brown shot blue Polyommatus icarus and 
three silvery-blue males realised £3 5s., and two good undersides. 
(defective) £6. The underside figured in Newman, p. 88, was cheap: 
at £3. Seven lots each of three eynandromorphs fetched 26s., 85s., 
30s., 60s., 60s., 90s., 65s. each, but all the lots contained one or more 
insects in poor condition. A good underside, all the spots forming a 
broad band of dashes, realised £4 10s., but was defective. Plebeius 
aeyon was represented by a series of colour variations from lilac-blue 
to purple and many undersides, and were sold very cheaply. Five 
gynandromorphs realised £9 10s., and there were a score of other 
gynandromorphous specimens. The remaining species consisting of 
Aricia medon, Cupido minimus, and the Skippers did not exhibit 
marked variation, but two Urbicula (Augiades) comma, cream coloured, 
and an underside figured in Barrett, p. 39, realised £8 10s. the two. 
Nine Hesperia malvae var. taras and five intermediates fetched only 9s.. 
This completed the day’s sale and yielded a total of about £480, 
which added to the sum of the first day £920 made a total of £1,400, 
surely a record for Rhopalocera alone. As at the last sale the 
majority of the extreme aberrations were acquired for the Bright 
