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CONTENTS. 



On the Kirbj Collection of Sphecodes, Nomada, Andrena, and Cilissa, with the 

 description of a species of Sphecodes hitherto unrecorded from Britain 



(concluded).— R. C. L. Perkins, D.Sc. M-J-., F.E.S 4& 



Some Coleoptera from Noi'thern India.— G'. C. Champion, F.Z.S 52 



Meotica exiliformis Joy, a good species {with figures). — H. Britten, F.E.S 55 



On the rarity and distribution of Animal — especially Insect— species. — Q. B. 



Walsh, B.Sc. ,.....'.' 57 



A ^Mva^mg cocoon.— E. Meyrick, B. A., F.R.S 63 



Dimorphic variation in a South African Xineid. — Id 62 



Sawflies collected near London during 1915-16. — Harold E. Box 62 



Some Dorset Tenthredinidae. — F. H. Harnet 63 



Chrysotinus concinnus Zett. in Wilts. — T. W. Kirkpatrick 65 



Review. — " Diptera Danica." By William Lundbeck. PartV. Lonchopteridae, 



Syrphidae 65 



, 0BITUAHY.--Charle8 Owen Waterhouse, I.S.O., F.E.S, {with Portrait) 67 



Juan J. Rodriguez Luna 68 



J. Piatt Barrett, F.E.S ! 68 



SooiETiKS. — South London Entomological Society 70 



Entomological Society of London 70 



Notes on the Collection of British Hymenoptera Aculeata formed by F, Smith. 

 —R. C. L. Perkins, D.Sc, M.A., F.E.S 71 



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