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bred by Mr. Tugwell, the astounding price of 55/-. I suspect there 

 was some sentimental reason for such a high figure ; and yet there 

 must have been two bidders at least. This must be an easy record. 

 A single specimen of Tkalpochares ostrina, with no history, went for 

 14/-. Two pairs of Pliisia moneta, with 3 P. hractea and others, 32/6 

 and 45/- ; and a single specimen of Ophiodes lunaris^ taken at 

 Hailsham, May, 1875, 95/. The last few lots in the sale were 

 extended series contained in store-boxes : S. liihricipeda var. fasciata^ 

 with parent moths, made 20/-; diiiio, fasciata and ehoraci, 21/-; ditto, 

 radiata, 16/-, 12/-, and 16/- ; ditto, ehoraci crosses, 26/- and 21/-. 

 Lots of 6 each of Zygoena exulans, 14/-, 12/-, 12/-, 14/-, and 16/-. 

 Two fine spotless pale vars. of Venilia maculata, with others, 65/- ; 

 and a lot containing fine varieties of the thorns, 50/-. Altogether, 

 the first portion of the sale, without any cabinet to swell the total, 

 reahsed £311 3s. — Thomas William Hall; Stanhope, The Crescent, 

 Croydon. 



[The following note from Mr. Adkin may be added as a postscript 

 to the above.] 



The remaining portion of the collection formed by the late Mr. 

 W. H. Tugwell, together with cabinets, &c., was disposed of on Jan. 

 20th, and realised upwards of £150, the most important items being: — 

 Three Cleora vidaaria, taken by the late Chas. Tester in Tilgate Forest, 

 £1 17s. 6d. ; two Boletobia fuligiiiaria,hYed by Mr. Tugwell, £2 78. 6d. ; 

 and seven other specimens at a similar rate. A black white-banded 

 variety of Abraxas grossulariata, brought the lot in which it was con- 

 tained up to £1 10s., as did a fine example of Sterrha sacraria to£l 6s. 

 Four Phihalapteryx polygrammata sold for £1 10s. ; twelve Cidaria 

 reticulata at an average of 9s. 6d. each ; and two Margarodes unionalis, 

 taken by Mr. Tugwell at Deal, for £2 15s. and £1 10s. each respec- 

 tively ; while two polygonalisj with a similar history, brought the 

 unprecedented prices of £4 15s. and £3 3s. — R. A. 



Pal^akctic Ehopaloceea. — As I am collecting data respecting the 

 geographical and vertical distribution of these, I shall be much obliged 

 for local lists of species, with notes, from those who have collected 

 abroad, especially from Russia, North Africa, and Armenia. Lists from 

 all the European countries will be very acceptable. — W. Haecourt- 

 Bath ; Ladywood, Birmingham. 



PoLiA cm AND its VAR. oLivACEA BRED FROM THE Egg. — In the early 

 spring of 1895 I had some eggs deposited by females of the type and 

 olivacea forms of this species sent to me from Durham. The male 

 parents were unknown. The eggs began to hatch at the end of April, 

 olivacea being first by three or four days. I found the larvae would eat 

 dock, hawthorn, oak, and groundsel. As they preferred groundsel, I 

 fed them almost entirely upon it. The caterpillar is fully and accu- 

 rately described in Newman's 'British Moths.' Although I examined 

 the larvae on several occasions, with the help of a strong lens, I found 

 not the slightest difference between chi and olivacea, which, of course, 

 were kept in separate flower-pots. The olivacea all pupated by June 

 15th, the chi by June 24th. Some of the latter, late ones, died of 

 diarrhoea. On June 26th there was a severe thunderstorm, with heavy 



