Excessive Voracity of the Female Mantis . . ; . lo 



Thirty -six Hours' Hunting among the Lepidojjtera, etc. . . 17 



Whirligig Beetles . . . . . . . . . 34 



Chart of the Genus Gyrinus . . . . . . . . 40 



The Microscojie and how to use it . . . . . . 41 



Half-an-Hour at the Microscope with Mr. Tuffen West . . 49 



Longitudinal Section of Alder . . . . . . 49 



Red Earth Mite .. .. .. .50 



Skin of Dog-Fish .. .. .. ..50 



Parasite of Vulture . . . . . . . . 53 



Selected Notes from the Society's Note-Books . . . . 53 



Tongue of Crjcket . . . . . . 53, 54, 55 



Trombidium Palangii 

 Parasite from Ostrich 

 Leaflet of Aspidium 

 Young of Anodon 

 Burweed 

 Trichocolea tomentella 



Reports of Societies 



Reviews 



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The Spurn and its Natural History — John Cordeaux ; 

 . Notes on Teesdale Botany — James Backhouse ; 

 The Seven Sleepers in Manx Tradition — ^J. M. Jeffcott ; 

 Deposit of Lacustrine Marl in West Yorks. — Prof. G. A. Lebour, M. A., F.G. 

 The Marine Shells of Yorkshire— Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A. ; 

 Micro- Paleontology of Northern Carboniferous Shales — G. R. Vine; 

 Coleoptera of Liverpool — Dr. J. W. Ellis ; 

 Wild Cat in Lincolnshire — John Cordeaux ; 

 The Bull-Trout— Rev. M. G. Watkins, M.A. ; 

 Variation in European Lepidoptera — W. F. de V. Kane, M.A. ; 

 A new Maritime Form of Wood Vetch — O. C. Druce, F.L.S- ; 

 Capture of Rudolphi's Rorqual at Goole — T. Bunker ; 

 Winter Visit to the Fame Islands— Rev. H. H. Slater, M.A.', F.Z.S. ' 



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