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On Rhynchites ophtlialmicus Stephens, with a table of the British species of 



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Studies in Rbynchophora : 1. Tribe Pseudobagoini.— 2). Sharp, M.A., F.R.S... 26 

 On Xenopsjlla aequisetosus Enderl. (1901" {loith figures). — Hon. N. C. Roths- 

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A contribution to the life-history of Piezodorus lituratus L. {with figures). — E. 



A. Butler, B.A., B.Sc, F.E.S 34 



Fauna of Staffordshire— Ichneumonidae. — Claude Morleg, F.Z.S. 39 



Notes on Coleoptera in Devonshire. — A. Vincent Mitchell 40 



Teratologies of Prasocuris junci Brahm. — G. B. Walsh, B.Sc 41 



Malthodes atomus Thorns. — synonymical note. — &. C. Champion, F.Z.S 41 



Diptera at Dunster (Somerset). — H. Audcent 41 



Abstracts of Recbht LiTBUiiUVRE.—S. Scott, M.A., F.L.S. 42 



Society. — South London Entomological Society 45 



On the Kirby Collection of Sphecodes, Nomada, Andrena, and Oilissa, with the 

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 R. C. L. Perkins, M.A., D.Sc 45 



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