CONTENTS. PAGB 



Notes on certain Palaearctic species of the genus Heraerobius. No. 1. — R. 



McLachlan, F.R.S., 4'c 77 



I'sendo-Neuroptera, Planipennia and Trichoptera collected at Rannoob in 1898. 



—James J. F. X. King, F.E.S 80 



Micro- Lepicloptera in Cumberland in 1898.— (3. Wilkinson 83 



Lecanium longulam, Douglas, parasitized by Lecaniobius Cockerellii, Ashmead : 



secondary parasite, Holcopelte, sp. — C. H. Dolhy-Tyler, FE.S 85 



Transmission of Natural Eistory specimens abroad by sample post. — Rt. Hon. 



Lord Walsingham, M.A., LL.D., P.ti.S., ^c 86 



List of the Orthoptera of Roumania with localities. — 2Iilcolm Burr, F.Z.S 88 



Pyrameis cardui on December 3Ist. — F. Jenkinson, M.A 91 



Xaiithia ocellaris at Kelvedon. — Percy C. Reid 92 



Second brood of Abraxas grossnlariata. — A. D. Imms 92 



Habits of Nola confusalis. — J. Gardner, F.E.S 92 



Lepidoptera at Hesleden Dene in 1898. — Id 92 



" Hedya Servillana, Dup., bred from woody gall of Cecidomyia salicis." — E. R. 



Bankes, M.A., F.E.S .. 92 



Early appearance of Cicindela campestris, L. — Id 93 



Quedius longicornis, Kraatz, at Cobham Park. — James J. Walker, B.N., F.L.S. 93 



Longitarsus rutilus, III., &c., at Halstow, Kent. — Id 93 



Cryptocephalus exiguus, Schnd., in Liacolnshire. — Rer. A. Thornley, M.A., F.L.S. 93 

 Rhizophagus perforatus, Er., in the carcase of a dog. — P. B. Mason, M.B.C.S., 



F.L.S., ^c 94 



Gnorimns variabilis, L., at Balham. — Rev. Theodore Wood, F.E.S 94 



Tachyusa concolor, Er., in Richmond Park. — Prof. T. Hudson Beare, F.R.S.E., Sfc. 94 



Anthribus albinns, L., in stem of Stachys sylvatica. — W. R Jeffrey 94 



Xylopertha mutilata, Wlk., at Hoylake. — E. J. £urgess Sopp, F.E.S 95 



List of Diptera taken in the New Forest, with some remarks on the season 



1898.— F. C. Adams, F.Z.S. 95 



Obituary.— Prof. J. J. Alexandre Labonlbene 96 



Charles Stuart Gregson 96 



SociBTiES. — Birmingham Entomological Society 97 



South London Entomological, &c.. Society 97 



Eutomological Society of Loudon .. 98 



British Diptera unrecorded or undescribed by English authors {continutd). — 



R. H. Meade, F.R.C.S 100 



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