CONTENTS. 



PAOK. 



Some Notes on the Genus Myrmica, Latr., H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., 



F.E.S. With plate and several figures. (To be concluded.) .. .. .. 1 



An Old Essex Collection, Rev. G. H. Raynor, 31. A. (To be concluded.) .. .. 8 



Collecting Orthoptera in the Caueiisus| and Transcaucasus,.il/flZcoZHi Burr, D.Sc. 



F.L.S., F.E.S. With two plates. (To be concluded.) 12 



Kew Species and new Forms of Lepidoptera from Sardinia, Count Emllio Turati, 



F.E.S., elc. (Concluded from Vol. XXIV.) 16 



The Coleopterist in Tiree, H'. /','. S7(ar/), J-'./'LS •• .. ., 19 



The Annual Exhibition held by the South London Entomological and Natural 



History Society, 1912, ////. J. 7'u/-;ier, i<'./';.,S 28 



Norios ON Collecting : — Manduca atropos at Tonbridge, D. A. J. Buxton; Colias 

 edusa at Eastbourne, A. Sick, F.E.S. ; New Varieties of Abraxas grossulariata, 

 R(W. G. II. Raynor, M.A.; Records, P. A. Buxton; The Early Season, //. B. 

 WilUiuiia ; Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Irf.; Butterflies at Vernet-les-Bains early 

 in April, J. N. Keijnen, D.Sc, F.E.S.; Callophrys avis at Amelie-les- 



Bains, Id. .. ' 27 



CcRRENT Notes and Short Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 



Societies: — The Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society; The South 



London Entomological and Natural History Society .. .. .. .. 30 



Reviews and Notices of Books : — The Humble Bee, its Life-history, and how to 



Domesticate it, by F. W. L. Sladen, F.E.S., T.A.C 31 



Obituary:— Thomas Boyd, F.E.S., ir.G 31 



Special Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i-xxvi 



Communications have been received or are promised from Messrs. Burr, Parkinson 

 Curtis, Dr. Chapman, H. E. Page, G. Wheeler, H. Powell, Mrs. R. Page, H. Donisthorpe, 

 Hy. J. Turner, G. T. Bethune-Baker, Rev. G. H. Raynor, Rev. F. E. Lowe, Dr. E. A. 

 Cockayne, H. C. Dollman, J. W. Allen, W. E. Sharp, P. A. Buxton, D. A. J. Buxton, 

 H. Baker-Sly, Miss E. Miller, etc., with Reports of Societies and Reviews. 



All MS. and editorial matter should be sent and all proofs returned to Hy. J. Turner, 

 98, Drakefell Road, New Cross, London, S.E. 



We must earnestly request our correspondents not to send us identical covimuuications 

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Papilio raachaon h 8 pieces. 



Papilio xuthulus a 8 pieces. 



Papilio bianor a 1 sts. 3 pieces. 



Theretra castanea 1'' ex Madras. A pair 20 sts. 



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