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Progressive Melanism : farther notes on Hastula hyerana, Mill, {concluded) 



(with a Plate).— T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.ZS 73 



Help-Notes towards the determination of British Tenthredinidte, &c. (18). — 



Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., F.E.S '/S 



Hydrasna britteni, sp. nov., a new British beetle. — Norman H. Joy, M.R.C.S., 



F.E.S 79 



Hypocyptus ovnlum, Heer, and 11. Igevinsculu.s, Mann. — Id 81 



Farther captares of Carpophilus sexpustulatus, F., and other beetles near 



Doncaster.— £ G. Bay ford 82 



Medon castaneus, Gravirj-«nd other Coleoptera in moles' nests near 0.x ford. — 



James J. Walker, M .A>.. R.N. , F.L.S 82 



Aleochara maculata, Bri^nc^* Oxford and in Berkshire. — Id 83 



Oxylsemus variolosus, Dnft., at Darenth Wood. — W. West 83 



Noteworthy captures of Lepidoptera in North Sussex. — Eustace R. Bankes. 



M.A.,'f.E.S 83 



Pupating habits of Aristotelia palustrella, Dgl. — Id 85 



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



M. Richardson 85 



Hymenoptera Parasitica in West Suffolk and at Eastbourne. — Clnide Morley, 



F.E.S 85 



Diptera in Dumbartonshire in 1906. — ./. R. Malloch 86 



Review. — Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies, with Notes : by E. E. 



Austen 87 



Obituary.— John Euimerson Robson 88 



Societies —Birmingham Entomological Society 89 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society 89 



South London Entomological Society 90 



Entomological Society of Ljndon 92 



Some notes on the Lepidoptera of the " Dale Collection " of British In.sects, now 



in the Oxford University Museum. — James J. Walker, il.A., R.N., F.L.S. . 93 



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