CONTENTS. P^oE 



On the British species of Phora (Part II) (continued). — John H. Wood,M.B. ... 25 

 Myrmecopora brevipes, a new species allied to M. uvida, Er., and an addition 



to the British Fanna,— E. A. Butler, B.A., B.Sc, F.E.S 29 



Homalota fussi, Bernh. (= nitens, Fuss, nee Miikl.) : a British insect. — G. C. 



Champion, F.Z.8 31 



Notes on various British Coleoptera. — E. A. Neivbery 32 



Preliminary description of a new and injurious Thrips. — Richard 8. Bagnall, 



F.E.S 33 



Some Phoridae in Dumbartonshire in 1908, with description of a new species. 



—J. R. Malloch 34 



Obituauy. — Lt.-Col. C. T. Bingham : a correction. — W. F. Kirby, F.L.S 36 



Another protest against the lack of system in abbreviating the names of en- 

 tomological authors. — Malcolm Burr, B. A., F.L.S 36 



Additional localities for Oxypodi perplexa, Muls. & Eey, O. sericea, Heer, &c. 



—0. C. Champion, F Z.S 37 



Coleoptera in Cumberland. — H. Britten 37 



Lytta vesicatoria, L. — Rev. 0. Pichard-Camhridge, F.R.S 39 



Cathormiocerus maritimus, Rye, and other Coleoptera in North Cornwall. — 



E. A. Blotter, B.A., B Sc, F.E.S 39 



Variety of Phyllotreta nemorum. — E. Geo. Elli-man 40 



Limnophilus politus, McLach., at Wakefield. — Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S 40 



Eccoptomera microps, Mg., in Herefordshire. — J. K. le B. Tomlin, M.A., F.E.S. 40 



Diptera in Dumbartonshire in 1908.— J. R. Malloch 40 



Keviews.— Essays in Evolution, 1889—1907 : by Professor E. B. Poulton, 



D.Sc, M.A., F.R.S. , &c 41 



The Moths of the British Isles ; Second Series : by Richard South, 



F.E.S 42 



Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, 



Durham and Newcastle-on-Tyne. New Series. Vol. Ill, Part 1 43 

 Transactions of the Vale of Derwent Naturalists' Field Club. New 



Series. Vol. I, Part 1 43 



Societies. — Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society 43 



South London Entomological Society 41 



Entomological Society of London 45 



Revision of the Nomenclature of Micro-Lepidoptera {continued). — Rt. Hon. 



Lord Walsingham, M.A.,LL.D., F.R.S., ^c, and J. Hartley Durrani, F.E.S. 46 



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