CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



The Coloration Problem, W. Parkinson Curtis, F.E.S. 57 



Myrmccophilous Notes for 1912, H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., F.E.S. (To be 



concluded.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 



In Sunny Spain — July and August, 1912, Rosa E. Piuie, B.A. (Concluded.) .. 68 



An Old Essex Collection, Rev. G. H. Raynor, M.A. (Concluded.) . . . . . . 71 



The Butterflies of Dauphine, A. S. Teiley, M.A., F.E.S 77 



Experiments on the Capability of Ants to withstand drought, C. C. Best Gardner. 81 



Societies: — The Entomological Society of London. .. .. .. .. .. 83 



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 Allen, J. T. Bird, H. G. Gregory, P. P. Graves, G. W. Nicholson, W. E. Sharp, P. A. 

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Melanism and Melanochroism in British Lepidoptera. 



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Deals exhaustively with all the views brought forward by scientists to account for the 

 forms of melanism and melanochroism ; contains full data respecting the distribution of 

 melanic forms in Britain, and theories to account for their origin ; the special value of 

 "natural selection," "environment," " liercditj'^," "disease," "temperature," c^'C, in 

 particular cases. Lord Walsingham, in his Presidential address to the Fellows of the 

 Entomological Society of London, says, " An especially interesting line of enquiry as con- 

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 Mr. Tutt's series of papers on ' Melanism and Melanochroism.' " 



Rambles in Alpine Valleys. 



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This book contains a series of essays dealing with the colours of insects, and sugges- 

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 facts are brought forward, and entomological problems discussed from various standpoints. 



Woodside, Burnside, Hillside and Marsh. 



(Crown 8vo., Illustrated, 224 pp. and 103 woodcuts and full-page illustrations. Bound 



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 rich entomological fauna. 



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