CONTENTS. vii. 



PAQE 



Testicle, Development of, in E^p/iestia fcue?imena (C.N.) ... ... ... ... 288 



Tipulidae Fossil ... ... ... ... ... •.. ••• ••• ••• 35 



Uniform terminal for Super-family names, On a 258 



Unusual Food-plants, Some ... ... ... ... •■• ... ••• •■• 33 



Vandalism, An act of ... ... ••• ••• ••• 95 



Variation considered biologically ... ... ...181 



Varieties: — Agrotis segetmn, 15; Dicranura bifida, 15; Argynnis selene (with 



illustration), 269 ; of Noctu.e from Doncaster 250 



Vision of insects, 15 ; (C.N.) . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 90 



Where are butterflies to be found on rainy days? (C.N.) .32 



Wing structure, on ... ... ■•. ••. 161, 188 



Winter's stroll. An early 73 



Zygaena minos, Notes on ... ... ... ... ... ... ••. ••. 270 



LIST OF PLATES AND WOODCUTS. 



Plate 1. — The Life-History of Aplwmia socieUa, No. 4; description of plate ... 76 



Plate 2. — Butterfly pupse. No. 6 ; description of plate 131 



Woodcut. — Termites 268 



Woodcut. — Varieties of Argynnis selene ... ... ... ... ... ■.• 269 



Photograph of Prof. A. E. Grote, M. A 97 



„ „ Eev. G. M. A. Hewett, M.A 146 



PAPERS AND COMMUNICATIONS BEAD BEFORE SOCIETIES. 



Birmingham Entomological Society: — 



The growth of mimetic patterns in butterflies. Dr. F. A. Dixey 144 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society : 



A rhyme of relaxation, J. S. Sequeira, M.E..C.S. ... ... 23 



Address bv the Vice-President r J. W. Tutt, F.E.S.] 59 



Development of Sex in Social Insects, J. W. Tutt, F.E.S 193 



Carodema aiubigita from Sandown, L. B. Prout, F.E.S. ... ... ... 22 



Conversazione (Feb. 5th, 1895), Description of ... ... ... ... 166 



Lepidoptera at Charmouth in the autumn of, 1894, A. U. Battley ... 58 



London Fauna List, Completion of, as regards Coleoptera... ... ... 168 



Notes on Butterflv pup?e, with some remarks on the phylogenesis of the 



Khopalocera'(with plate), T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.E.S. 101, 125, 147 

 The British representatives of the genus Caradrina, L. B. Prout, 



F.E.S 198, 223 



The genus Smecmi/uts, A. Bacot ... ... ... ... 173 



Entomological Society of London : — 



Address by the President [H. J. Elwes, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S.] 119 



Discussion on geographical distribution ... ... ... 163 



Entomological queries bearing on the question of specific stability, 



F. Galton, F.E.S 241 



Notes on larvaj of HeHoi/iis pe?<i$fera., B. G. Nevinson, F.E.S 215 



Notes on seasonal dimorphism in certain species of Ehopalocera in 



Natal, G. W. Barker, F.E.S 241 



Eesults of experiments made last season on Vanessa (Grapta) c-aJhum, 



and Luwwitis stbyHa, F. A. Merrifield, F.E.S ...216 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: — 



Observations on insects found in birds' stomachs, E. Newstead, F.E.S. ... 264 

 Some varieties of Noctu.e from Doncaster, H. H. Corbett, M.E.C.S. ... 250 



Variation considered biologically, J. W. Tutt, F.E.S 181 



North London Natural History Society: — 



Specialists and Specialism, L. B. Prout, F.E.S. ... ... ... ... 164 



The Genus Tatjniocadipa, A. U. Battley ... ... ... ... ... 165 



The organs of insects, Dr. Gerard Smith 243 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society: 



Notes on the habits and variation of Lithosia hUarella and its var. 



pygnmeola, J. W. Tutt, F.E.S ••■217 



INDEX TO LOCALITIES. 



Berkshire: — Slough 17 



Cumberland: — Keswick 274 



