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Studies in Eliynchophora. YIII. — On Plialidura. Aniycteridae. — D. Sharp, 



M.A.,FM.S I 



Aliax (Pterostichii^:) parallelus Diifts., a V)eetle now to Britain.— A'. G. Bhiii\ 



B.Sc, F.E.S 7 



Medon obsciirelhis Ericlis., an addition to tiie Britisli list of Coleoptera. E. A. 



Neirbenj 8 



New French Microlepidoptera. —T/ie Jafe Rf. Hon. Lord Wiih-iiiiiJiuui. M.A.. 



LL.D.. F.R.S 



Insects damaging lead and other metal-work. ~ J/irf//; Scott. ^f.A.. F.L.S. . 1 !> 



Insects damag-ing- lead : snjtplementary note. - F. Laincj, M.A., J.'.S'c, F.E.S 12 



Pests of Almond-trees in Palestine. — K. G. Bin ir, B.Sc, F.E.S. l-i 



Further additions to the Coleoptera Fauna of the Scilly Islands. —Id. 13 



Plarpalus 4-ininctatus var. montivagns Reitt. in Ireland. (). E. .Taii^nn. F.E.S. 14 



Orochares angiistatus Er. in Scotland. ./. E. Bloc]:. F. L.S' 14 



Coleoptera in the Oxford district during Uil9. -.7. J. WtiV,:rr. M.A.. E.X.. F.L.S. 14 



Notes on the habits of Animopliila hirsuta Scop. -.i. E. Br.uV.en l-"' 



" Seitz"s Macrolepidoptora of the World." - £(/.-■ 17 



Obituary. — Lord Walsingham. M.A.. LL.I>.. F.R.S. "7 



Frederick Herschel Waterhouse 17 



W. J. Ashdown 17 



Societies. — Yorkshire Naturalists' Union : Entonu ili igical Section 1 :•■" 



South London Entomological Society ... 20 



Entomological Society of London 21 



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