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No. 1 76, April. Proceedings of Societies. — Entomological Society. Nor- 

 thern Entomological Society. Fishes. — (R. Q. Couch) Notes of a Shark taken 

 near the Land's End ; and of a Thrasher Shark taken in Mount's Bay. Mol- 

 lusca. — (W. Webster) Skenea tricarinata not a species. ( Rev. A. M. Norman) 

 Schoolboys' amusement in Southey's Days. Crustacea. — (R. Q. Couch) Re- 

 marks on Polybius HenslowiL Insects. — (Rev. J. Greene) Appeal to British 

 Entomologists. (C. R. Bree) Honesty and Dishonesty; British List of Lepi- 

 doptera. (John Scott) Lepidoptera and their Parasites. (Rev. G. Gordon) 

 Pupa hunting. (R. S. Edleston) Pupa diguing round Manchester. (H. W. 

 Browne) Correction of an error in the Intelligencer, ( A. Russell) Butterflies 

 attracted by sugar. (Rev. A. M. Norman) Caterpillar of Phalaena escula ; 

 use of the Anal fork of the Puss Moth. (Richard Weaver) Note on the Eco- 

 nomy of Psyche opacella ; cases of a supposed new Psyche, found on rocks near 

 Conway. Entomological excursion from Birmingham to Sutherlandshire. 

 (George Wailes) Nomenclature of Noctuina. (Rev. H. Harpur Crewe) Pupa of 

 Agriopis aprilina ; Pupa Raking. (A. Wallace) Larva of Laphygma exigua. 

 (Bracy Clark) Supposed new QSstrus. According to Mr. Clarke here, judging 

 from the description, nothing more than a variety of his GSstrus veterinus, i. e., 

 Gastrus nasalis Mg. (T. J. Bold) Nomada Ochrostoma in north of England ; 

 copulation of Bombi ; capture and description of Epuraea neglecta. (Edward 

 Parfitt) New Hymenopterous Insect ; occurrence of Latridius filiformis. (F. 

 Plant) Captures of Coleoptera in Leicestershire. (Arthur Adams and Dr. W. 

 B. Baikie) Systematic List of the Coleoptera found in the vicinity of Alverstoke, 

 South Hants. Radiata — (William Thompson; Rosy feather-star in Weymouth 

 Bay. (Rev. A. M. Norman) Enquiry respecting the preservation of the 

 Echinidse. Natural History collectors in foreign countries, H. W. Bates and 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



No. 177. May. — Letter from the Rev. Hamlet Clark, from Rio Janeiro. 

 (Rev. J. C. Atkinson) Reason and Instinct. Quadrupeds. — (J. II. Jenkinson) 

 Notes on British Bats. (Rev. J. Farr) Singing Mouse. (Rev. J. C. Atkinson) 

 Anecdote of a Dog. (E. H. Redd) Occurrence of the Harvest Mouse in Corn- 

 wall. Birds (C. R. Bree) Note on Parus major. (John Gatcombe) Oc- 

 currence of the Tree Sparrow in Devonshire. (Henry Smurthwaitej Note on the 

 Black Redstart. (Edward Hearle Rodd) Occurrence of the Blackcap Warbler, 

 throughout the Winter Months, near Penzance. (Henry Smurthwaite) Change 

 of Plumage in Motacilla alba. (John Gatcombe) Occurrence of Rare Birds near 

 Plymouth in 1856. (Osbert Salvin) Note on the Sabine's Snipe killed in Norfolk. 

 (John Joseph Briggs) Occurrence of the Bittern in Derbyshire, (Lord Clermont) 

 M-ue Swans in Dundalk Bay. (John Joseph Briggs) Occurrence of the Pink- 

 footed Goose in Derbyshire. (William Thompson) Occurrence of the Long! ailed 

 Duck at Weymouth. (Edward Hearle Rodd) Occurrence of the Bridled or Ringed 

 Guillemot near Penzance ; Note on the British Skuas, genus Lestris. (Lieut. 

 Thomas Blakiston) Birds of the Crimea. 



No. 178. June. — Birds (Captain Charles W. Watkins) Birds of Andalusia. 



Fishes. — (William Thompson) Occurrence of the Butterfly Blenny in Weymouth 

 Bay. (Edmund Thomas Higgins) The Blackbellied Flounder. (R. H. Meade) 

 Occurrence of the Little Gurnard on the Coast of Lancashire. (Cuthbert Colling- 

 wood) The Carp at Charlottenburg. Moleusks. — (Rev. Alfred Merle Norman) 

 Notes on the Oxfordshire Shells. (William F. Templer) Observations on the 

 Mollusca to be found on the Coast of Cornwall. Crustacea.— (Jonathan 

 Couch, F.L.S.) Notes on the Habits of the Nipper Crab. (John Robert Kinahan, 

 M.B.) Description of a new British Species of Shrimp. Arachnida.— (R. H. 

 Meade) Sketch of a short Arachnological Excursion ; List of new and rare British 

 Arachnidans. (Captain John M. Jones) Note on the Centipede. Insects — 

 (Henry Doubleday) On introducing Foreign Specimens into British Collections. 

 (H. Cooke) The new Noctua. Captures of Lepidoptera recorded in the " In- 

 telligencer." (Rev. P. H. Newnham) Hyponomeuta vigintipunctatus bred. 

 (Edward Newman) Narycia elegans a Lepidopterous Insect. This announce- 



