CONTENTS. 



PAO£. 



Gravesend during April and May, 1912 : Some Beetle Jottings, Hereward C. 



Dullman, F.Ii.S 149 



Coleoptera noted in the Home Counties during 1912, Id. . . . . . . . . 150 



The Colonition Problem, ]V. Parkinson Curtis, F.E.S. (Concluded.) .. .. 152 



The Summer of li)12 in the Abertillery district of Monmouthshire, IV. Rait 



Smith. (To be concluded.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 



Lepidoptera at Fontvielle. Bouches du llhone, Rev. F. E. Loicc, M.A., F.E.S. . . 163 



Pupal Moult of Agriades coridon ; the Maxillary Pocket of Plebeiid Pupae, T. A. 



Cliapman, M.D., F.E.S. (With two plates.) .. .. .. .. .. 165 



Scientific Notes: — Attacks on Insects and Allied Questions, J. R. Haskin ; 



Euphagus cyanocephalus (Brewster's Blackbird), W. .. .. .. .. 167 



Notes on Collkctino, etc. : — Aberration of Epinephele jurtina, H. J. T. ; 



Appeal to all Entomologists, Dr. J. Escher-Kiindig, etc. ; Note, G. Wheeler 168 



Societies : — The Entomological Society of London ; The South London Entomo- 

 logical and Natural History Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 



OBiTaAKY:— Lord Avebury, G. IF. Herbert Druee, G. T. J5.-B 171 



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