CONTENTS. Pj,GE 



Ten years' work among vertebrate carrion (concluded). — Claude Morley, F.E.S. 49 



Apion (Exapion) kiesenwetteri, Desbr., a British insect. — G. 0. Champion, F.Z.S. 52 

 Oxyporla metatarsalis, Thorns., as a new British species. — Rev. H. S. Gorhatn, 



F.Z.S 53 



Description of a species of Laccobius apparently new to science. — Id 54 



Algerian Microlepidoptera (continued). — Rt. Hon. Lord Walsingham, M.A., 



LL.D., F.R.S., ^c 55 



The Gronse-fly, Ornithomyia lagopodis, sp. n. — D. Sharp, M.A., F.B.S 58 



On a remarkable new earwig (Dermatoptera) from Portnguese West Africa. — 



Malcolm Burr, B.A., F.L.S 60 



" Heredity and Sexual Dimorphism in Abraxas grossulariata, var. varleyata :" 



a correction. —G T. Porritt, F.L.S 62 



Onthophilns sulcatus, F., in a mole's nest. — E. C. Bedwell, F.E.S 62 



Coleoptera in moles' nests in Surrey. — G. C. Champion, F.Z.S 63 



Coleoptera in Cumberland in 1906.— F. H. Day, F.E.S 63 



Notes on CBdemera virescens, Linn., and Malachins barnevillei, Puton. — H. J. 



Thouless 64 



Occurrence of Xauthia ocellaris, Bkh., at Norwich. — E. A. Atmore, F.E.S 65 



Occurrence in Britain of the typical form of Aristotelia stipella, Hb. — Eustace 



R.'Banl:es,M.A., F.R S 66 



Steganoptycha rufimitrana, H.-S , bred from Euphorbia amygdaloides, L. — Id. 66 



Hymenoptera Aciileata at Porthcawl, 1906. — Edward Saunders, F.E.S 66 



Hymenoptera Aculeata in West Suffolk and at Eastbourne. — Id 67 



Occurrence of Chrysopa dorsalis, Bnrm., in Norfolk. — E A. Atmore, F.E.S. ... 67 



Note on Nothochrysa capitata, F. — Id 68 



Revieav. — William John Burchell : the material.-^ of a Lecture delivered before 

 the British Association in the Town Hall, Cape Town, Aug. 17th, 



1905 : by Edward B. Poulton, M.A , D.Sc, F.R.S., &c G8 



Obituary. — John Linnell 69 



Societies. — Birmingham Entomological Society 70 



Entomological Society of London 70 



Progressive Melanism : further notes on Hastula hyerana, Mill, (continued), 



—T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S 71 



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